Vocabulary
What does the word twitches mean?
Move suddenly
What does the word audible mean?
can be heard
What does bat do at the start of the story?
wakes up
What is a roost?
a place where bats sleep
In the sentence below, which word is a verb?
Phillip reads a few pages every day.
reads
What does the word slithers mean?
Slide
What does the word responsible mean?
can be trusted
What does bat do before she starts to fly?
Unhooks her toes
What happens when the birds are singing?
Bat is sleeping
In the sentence below, which word is a verb?
Harriet taught the class about training dogs.
taught
What does the word swoop mean?
fly down
What does the word understandable mean?
can be understood
Bat is at home in the darkness as a fish is in the water. How does the author connect information in this sentence?
by comparing two ideas
What are battlings?
baby bats
In the sentence below, which word is a verb?
Liza traveled on an airplane and a boat.
traveled
What does the word dozes mean?
What does the word excitable mean?
easily excited
What is bat's voice compares to in the story?
a flashlight
Why do baby bats stay in their nest for the first weeks of their lives?
they cannot fly
In the sentence below, which word is a verb?
Our class painted for many hours in the hot sun.
painted
What does the work snuggle mean?
lie closely against each other
What does the word visible mean?
able to be seen
Bat plunges, fast as blinking, and grabs it in her open mouth.
What is the meaning of the word plunges in the sentence?
moves down suddenly
When something is nocturnal, when does it sleep?
during the day
In the sentence below, which word is a verb?
Jeff studied very hard for the test.
studied