1. Vocabulary

2. splinters • sharp, thin pieces that have broken off something • Mrs. Murphy was lucky she was wearing gloves so the splinter of glass didn’t go into her finger.

3. telegraph • a device used to send words in code from one place to another • This is a Western Electric telegraph.

4. trail • a path through the wilderness • My brother and his family hiked on a mountain trail in Switzerland.

5. guided • led others to where they needed to go • This man guided us through our tour of San Francisco.

6. drifts • large piles of snow heaped up by the wind • The snow drifts were higher than the trees!

7. temperature • the measure of how hot or cold something is • The temperature was so cold that the lake froze.

8. I prefer the warm ___________ of the beach. • splinters • telegraph • trail • guided • drifts • temperature

9. The snow ______ covered the cars. • splinters • telegraph • trail • guided • drifts • temperature

10. _________ can be painful to remove. • splinters • telegraph • trail • guided • drifts • temperature

11. Our teacher ______ us through our reading lesson. • splinters • telegraph • trail • guided • drifts • temperature

12. The Virginia Creeper _____ follows an old train track. • splinters • telegraph • trail • guided • drifts • temperature

13. Mr. Smith was a _________ operator. • splinters • telegraph • trail • guided • drifts • temperature