Dolphins at Daybreak

Ch. 1 – 4By Ms. Camara

for Mrs. Berg’s Class

ancient

very old

answers

• something said, written or done in return to a question

appeared

• came into sight, showed itself

collect

• get or gather together

coral

• a colorful sea animal that has a rocky skeleton

dawn

• sunrise, daybreak, first light, morning

dream

• to think of things while sleeping

floating

• to sit on top of the water

gather

• to collect things and put them together in one place

headed

• the place where someone is going

important

• something that matters a lot

island

• a body of land surrounded on all sides by water

ladder

• a tool you use to climb high

lapped

• when water or liquid moves against the side of or onto something, like a wave

librarian

• a person that manages a library

machine

• a piece of equipment that can do a particular job

master

become an expert in a skill

mushrooms

• a kind of fungi that cannot make its own food

mysteriously

• in a strange way

oceanographers

• scientists who study the sea

questions

• something you ask a person and get an answer from them

raced

• to move fast or to rush

reef

• a ridge of coral or rock in a body of water, with top just below or just above the surface

research

• a careful study in order to find out facts

riddles

• puzzles in the form of questions

robe

• a long, loose outer garment

rolled-up

• to move something round and round to close it or make it easier to hold

scroll

• roll of paper with writing on it

shore

• the land along the edge of an ocean, a sea, or a lake

stared

• looked at something for a long time

submersible

• a thing or vehicle that can go under water

surrounded

• to have something on all sides

swaying

• to move or swing from side to side

tropical

• hot and wet weather or oceans

velvet

• a kind of thick, soft material