Helen Keller and the Big Storm

Vocabulary and Amazing Words

Second Grade Reading

Vocabulary Words• special

• pressing

• branches

• picnic

• angry

• fingers

• clung

• tantrum

• scent

• fierce

special• Unusual or different in some

way.

pressing• Pushing something in a

steady way.

branches• Part of the tree that grows our

from the trunk.

picnic• A party with a meal outdoors.

angry• To feel upset or mad.

fingers• The five end parts of your

hand.

clung• To hold tightly to someone or

something.

tantrum• A sudden, childish outburst of

bad temper or ill humor.

scent• A nice smell.

fierce• Great or strong; scary.

Amazing Words• condition

• predict

• terrifying

• breeze

• whip

• sparkle

• funnel

• swirl

condition• The way a thing or a person

is, such as a weather or a health condition.

predict• To say what you think will

happen in the future.

terrifying• Something that makes

someone feel very frightened.

breeze• When the wind is not too

strong.

whip• To flap or move back and

forth, such as a flag on a pole.

sparkle• To shine or glitter.

funnel• The cone-shape of a tornado.

swirl• To twist around and around.