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Lesson 21 Penguin Chick
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| fierce | strong, violent |
| echoes | a repeated sound |
| shuffles | walk without picking up your feet |
| huddle | group gatherer together closely |
| junior | younger, smaller |
| down | soft feathers |
| Antarctica | continent at the South Pole |
| webbed | toes joined by web like a ducks feet |
| rookery | place where birds go to lay eggs |
| flippers | flat limbs used for swimming |
| main idea | most important point of a non-fiction story |
| details | facts that support the main idea |
| homograph | two words spelled the same but said different |
| expository text | a story that give facts |
| suffix: est | means most |
| suffix: er | means more or person who does something |