Vocabulary
The vocabulary listed below is from the chapter "Filling the Ice House" in the novel Farmer Boy by Laura Ingalls Wilder. It is part of Book 2 Unit 4 in the Open Court Third Grade Reading Text or can be found in any library or bookstore.
NOTE: The only places there are syllable breaks in the pronunciation of the words below are spaces that contain a "-" all other breaks are to help you say the words.
bobsled -- say it (bob - sled)
crinkled -- say it (cr ing - kld)
trudged -- say it (tr uh - gd)
thrash -- say it (th rash)
laprobes -- say it (lap - robes)
mound -- say it (mound rhymes with sound) say it (mound)
tamped -- tam rhymes with dam and you add a p and an -ed. Say it -- (tam pt)
crevice -- vice rhymes with Chris. Say it (cr ev - is)
ACTIVITY 1.1 Farmer Boy: Look up the meaning to the above words and put the definitions in your journal.