Island of the Blue Dolphins Vocabulary

gnawed (v)

• wore away by persistent chewing, chewed

• the place where a wild animal lives

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CCSS.L.5.4A

CCSS.RI.5.4

Lair (n)

• an animal that has a shell and lives in the water

• the place where a wild animal lives

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CCSS.L.5.4A

CCSS.RI.5.1

CCSS.RI.5.4

Shellfish (n)

• an animal that has a shell and lives in the water

• the place where a wild animal lives

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CCSS.L.5.4A

CCSS.L.5.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

Kelp (n)

• of large, brown seaweed

• a tough cord that connects muscles to bones

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CCSS.RI.5.4

Sinew (n)

• of large, brown seaweed

• a tough cord that connects muscles to bones

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CCSS.L.5.4A

CCSS.RI.5.4

Ravine (n)

• a point of very high land that juts out into water

• a small, narrow valley with steep sides

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CCSS.L.5.4A

CCSS.RI.5.4

headland (n)

• a point of very high land that juts out into water

• a small, narrow valley with steep sides

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CCSS.L.5.4A

CCSS.RI.5.4