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.
