Twister on Tuesdayby: Mary Pope Osborne

An adventure to blow you away! That's what Jack and Annie get when the Magic Tree House whisks them back to the 1870s. They land on the prairie near a one-room schoolhouse, where they meet a teenaged schoolteacher, some cool kids, and one big, scary bully. But the biggest and scariest thing is yet to come.

Chapter OneTuesday!

prairieold-fashionedpioneersadventure

adventure

Going somewhere you have never gone before.

old-fashioned

From the past; not from this time.

prairie

Wide open area, grassland

pioneers

People from the past who travelled West to find new land.

Chapter TwoSigns of Life

suspendersbillowedresearchripplinggroupsun-bonnet

suspenders

An elastic material attached to pants to hold them up. Used in place of a belt.

sun-bonnet

A hat that was used to protect your face and eyes from the sun.

billowed

To wave or bend in the wind.

rippling

Bending or moving.

research

To look up information

group

Group of trees.

Chapter ThreeOne-Room Schoolhouse

storm cellarrustydugoutsod bricks

rusty

Metal that got exposed to water and is now turning a different color.

sod bricks

Bricks made from pieces of the ground.

dugout

An area of land that is dug out of the earth.

storm cellar

The bottom room or basement of a building. It is used for safety during a storm.

Chapter FourReading Lesson

mutteredpeeredbarrelcrateMcGuffey Reader

peered

Look out of something.

crate

A box used for storage.

barrel

A large wooded container used to hold some type of liquid.

Mc Guffey Reader

A reading book from the past filled with different types of stories.

muttered

To not speak clearly.

Chapter FiveBully

bullyburlaphovered

hovered

To hang over something.

burlap

A material that has tiny holes.

bully

Someone who hurts or teases people.

Chapter SixGrasshopper Attack!

grasshoppersucceedhailstonesslate

slate

A small piece of chalkboard that students used to use instead of paper.

succeed

To do well at something.

grasshopper

A bug that can hop and is green.

hailstones

Something that forms during a storm and is made up of water and ice.

Chapter SevenTwister!

deafeningfunnelwhirlingroaringbudge

funnel

A circle at the top and gets smaller at the bottom. The shape of a tornado.

whirling

When the wind is spinning and twirling.

roaring

Loud sound made by animals or things.

deafening

A sound that is so loud it can make you feel like you are deaf.

budge

To move something.

Chapter EightGet Below!

fiercelyoverturned

overturned

To turn something over.

fiercely

Strongly and with a lot of power.

Chapter NineAll Clear

vanishedscowleddestructionreckon

destruction

Damage caused as the result of a storm.

vanished

disappear

scowled

A dirty look someone makes when they are angry.

reckon

When you think something is going to happen; you are not sure.

Chapter TenThe Third Writing

nightmarerecoup

recoup

To make new again, save what is left over.

nightmare

A terrible or bad dream.