Lesson 3

• The Bridge Dancers• Open Court 4 Unit 3 Lesson 3 ELSG vocab

Vocabulary words for the week

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gorge

• A deep, narrow valley (page 243)

enchained

• Held with chains (page 247)

pitches

• Falls forward rapidly (page 249)

Herb medicines

• Plants used to treat an injury or cure a disease (page 249)

Poultice

• a soft, wet mixture of medicines that is put on cuts and sores (page 250)

lulling

• Soothing or calming (page 252)

Day 1

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Comb

• a thing people use to make the hair neat and smooth

Wild

• not under control

Bridge

• an object that connects places that are separated by a hole or water.

Medicine

• things people use when they are sick or hurt to make them feel better

Pick

• to take plants, flowers and other things out of the ground or off a tree

Mountain

• a very high point of land

Day 2

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Dare

• to ask someone to do something that they are afraid to do

Scare

• to make afraid

Afraid

• to feel like something bad is going to happen

Dance

• to move Your body to music

Supper

• another word for dinner

Different

• not the same

Day 3

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Storm

• bad weather with lots of rain and wind

Ax

• a sharp tool with a long handle used to cut big things

Chop

• to cut up something into big pieces

Rocking chair

• a chair has a curved bottom that makes the chair move back and forth when you sit in it

Pain

• what you feel when you are hurt; when something feels very bad

Different

• not the same

Day 4

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Herb

• a kind of wild plant

Lantern

• a light inside a box you can carry around

Remember

• to be able to know something after it happens and you cannot see it anymore

Poultice

• a soft, wet mixture of medicines that is put on cuts and sores

Herb tea

• a hot drink made from herbs

Ease

• to make better

Heal

• to get better from an illness or injury

Medicine

• things people use when they are sick or hurt to make them feel better