Big Bushy Mustache
Study Guide – Lesson 13
Comprehension Skill: Fiction/Nonfiction Comprehension Strategy: Reread if you
do not understand something
Story Genre: Realistic Fiction is a story that could really happen
Phonics Skill: Consonants soft ‘c’ and soft ‘g’ and ‘dge’
Fluency: Phrasing
Grammar: Plural Possessive Nouns
Writing Skills: Paragraph that gives Information about a Real Topic
~Story Vocabulary Words and Definitions~
wear- having clothing on your body
tough- strong, hard to beat
woman- a lady, a female
young- not old
shoes- clothing for the feet
wash- to clean
above- not below, over
~Robust Vocabulary Words and Definitions~
wilting- When a plant doesn’t get enough water, its leaves droop and begin
wilting.
flitted- If something moved quickly from place to place without stopping for
long, it flitted.
swirling- If something is swirling, it is moving round and round quickly.
trance- When someone is in a trance, he or she seems to be asleep, but his
or her eyes are open.
route- When you follow the same route to a place, you are going the same
way each time.
semblance- A drawing that looks a lot like someone is a good semblance of
that person.
distraught- When someone is distraught, that person is very, very unhappy.
improvise- If you improvise a song or story, you make it up as you sing the
song or tell the story.