Polar Express

3rd Grade Vocabulary Words

• Definition: an employee on a bus or train who is in charge of its passengers, collects fares or tickets, etc.

• Sentence: I handed the conductor conductor my ticket to ride on the train.

conductorconductor

barrenbarren• Definition:

unproductive; unfruitful

• Sentence: There are almost no plants in the barrenbarren desert.

nougatnougat• Definition: a chewy or brittle

candy containing almonds or other nuts and sometimes fruit.

• Sentence: I love candy that has nougat nougat wrapped in chocolate.

plains• Definition: A small, often

mischievous creature considered to have magical powers.

• Sentence: Did you see the Christmas elf elf at the mall on Christmas Eve?

PolarGeographically, the Arctic spans the Arctic Ocean and covers land areas in parts of Canada, Finland, Greenland, Iceland, Norway, Russia, Sweden and the United States (Alaska).

  wildernesswilderness• Definition: a wild and

uncultivated region like a forest or desert

• Sentence: The two men were lost in the wilderness for three days.

leanlean• Definition: to cause such

sounds by moving or stirring something.

• Sentence: My sister was afraid when she heard the rustlerustle of leaves.

harnessharness• Definition: the combination

of straps, bands, and other parts forming the working gear of a draft animal.

• Sentence: The harnessharness on the reindeer had bells on it.

outstretchedoutstretched• Definition: an oceangoing

passenger ship.

• Sentence: We went on an ocean liner ocean liner when our family went on a cruise.

lurchlurch• Definition: to move

suddenly, jerk forward

• Sentence: The train will lurchlurch as it starts to roll.