cowboys - workers on a ranch imagination - a creation of the mind summer - season between spring and fall vacation - a time of rest from school or business visit - to go to see west - the direction of the sunset cowhand - worker on a cattle ranch fantastic - very good or quick stampede - a sudden scattering of a frightened herd of cattle stubborn - not giving in to arguments or requests wrangler - person who tends cattle
breakfast - the first meal of the day comfortable - having comfort cozy - warm and comfortable forest - thick woods gobbled - ate fast and greedily hungry - feeling a desire or need for food
promise - to give one's word explanation - clear reasons naughty - bad; not behaving well porridge - food made of grain boiled in water or milk until it thickens
favorite - liked better than others grandfather - male parent of one's mother or father practice - an action done many times over for skill prepare - to make ready rodeo - contest or exhibition of skill in roping cattle or riding tourists - persons traveling for pleasure charro - a Mexican cowboy exhibition - a public show holidays - days for pleasure and enjoyment Mexican - of or having to do with Mexico performers - persons who perform to entertain
coughs - to force air from the lungs with sudden effort and noise curious - eager to know discovered - found out poems - pieces of writing that express the writer's imagination pretend - to make believe secret - kept from the knowledge of others sheet - a piece of cloth used to sleep on or under asthma - disease that makes breathing difficult chicken pox - a mild disease that causes a rash on the skin contagious - spreading infection guilty - knowing that one has done wrong
Drawing Conclusions Cause and Effect Long vowels Commands and Exclamations Drama
Allie’s Basketball Dream
Vocabulary
aimed - pointed or directed something in order to hit basketball - ball used in playing the game of basketball bounced - caused to bounce gift - something given; present playground - a place for outdoor play shoot - to send a ball toward the goal while trying to score backboard - the upright surface to which the basket on a basketball court is attached courts - places marked off for a game dribbled - moved a ball along by bouncing it professional - of or having to do with a profession
