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Vocabulary
In the Amazon
Ms. Murphy's Picks
Digging Deeper
Pink Dolphins
100
Magical or Charming
What is "enchanted?"
100
The length of time the wet season lasts.
What is half a year?
100
The guides name in the story.
What is Moises.
100
In the reading, it states that pink dolphins, "whirl around like a Ferris wheel," which means...
What is they can spin in a circle?
100
Where do pink dolphins send out their sound beams from?
What is their foreheads?
200
Quick or brief looks
What is "glimpses?"
200
How often does it rain during the rainy season?
What is everyday?
200
The genre of "Encantado."
What is expository text?
200
How pink dolphins grow pinker.
What is exercise?
200
How pink dolphins locate objects around them
What is echolocation?
300
Easily bent
What is "flexible?"
300
Most people's houses in the Amazon are built on these...
What is stilts?
300
Where does "Encantado" take place?
What is the Amazon River?
300
Regular dolphins would not be able to survive in the Amazon River because...
What is their bodies are not flexible?
300
Pink dolphins are difficult to spot because of their...
What is low ridge?
400
The top of the ground, or a body of water
What is "surface?"
400
What happens to the rivers and streams during the wet season?
What is they flood?
400
During the wet season, Dolphin Lake is easily recognizable because it is shaped like...
What is a figure eight?
400
What does "encantado" mean?
What is enchanted?
400
The most unusual thing about the way pink dolphins sleep.
What is upside down.
500
Regular, measured beats
What is "pulses?"
500
Moises had to be careful when paddling through the trees because of...
What is dangerous insects and dangerous trees.
500
Pink dolphins large front flippers are specifically useful to...
What is crawl into and out of water?
500
Dolphin Lake appears dark because...
What is the water is stained with natural chemicals from decaying leaves?
500
Another reason pink dolphins are hard to see is because they don't...
What is leap out of water?