Transcript Night Letters

Night Letters
By: Palmyra LoMonaco
Illustrated by: Norman Chartier
Genre
Realistic fiction
There are settings that seem
real, but the stories are made
up
Words to Know
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blade
flutter
fireflies
patch
dew
budding
notepad
More words to know
Nectar – sweet sap, or liquid,
produced by a flower
Scratchy – rough, making
scratches on your skin
Blade
A leaf of grass
Budding
Putting forth small swellings on a
plant that will grow into leaves,
branches, or flowers
Dew
The moisture from the air that
collects in small drops on
cool surfaces during the
night
Fireflies
small insects that give off
flashes of light when they
fly
Flutter
to flap the wings
Notepad
A small book of blank or
lined sheets of paper in
which you write notes or
things that you need to
learn or remember
Patch
A small piece of ground
that is different from what is
around it
Let’s Practice!
We went outside to catch a
We enjoyed watching their
lights glow in the jar.
Fireflies
The butterfly’s wings would
before it flew to another
flower.
Flutter
The
on the grass this
morning made my feet wet as I
walked across the yard.
Dew
I watched the ant crawl up a
of grass to get to the
anthill.
Blade
My new flowers were
in the garden in early spring.
Budding
I took a
with me to
class so that I could write down
everything I needed to
remember.
Notepad
There was a
of grass that
looked different because it was
brown.
Patch
Let’s listen to
our story!