Buffalo Before Breakfast
Chapter 6 Stampede!
Vocabulary

buffalo bison stampede
alarmed fierce shaggy
furiously bounded dodging
veered surrounded

Directions: Change the underlined word with one of the words from the vocabulary list that means the same thing.

  1. Jack found a picture of a buffalo herd.  buffalo means _______________
  2. The bison is a huge, ferocious-looking animal. ferocious means _____________
  3. Annie was encircled by buffalo. encircled means __________________
  4. Bison become afraid by hunters.  afraid means _______________
  5. The bison has bushy fur.   bushy  means ____________
  6. Black Hawk was running and escaping the buffalo. escaping means ________________
  7. Teddy ran quickly along the edge of the herd. ran quickly means ______________
  8. Teddy barked wildly. wildly means  _______________
  9. Sunlight swerved away from the buffalo and ran back up the slope.  swerved means ____________

Directions:  Find the words from the vocabulary list that have a short vowel sound. Circle the letter that makes the short sound.

Hint: a as in apple
        e as in elephant
        i as in igloo
        o as in octopus
        u as in umbrella

a i o u
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