Worksheets › The Ice Cream Man Who Never Melts › Word Detective
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One cone, cold fingers. Two cones, frost. Three cones…
Read each sentence from the story. Use the clues around the bold word to figure out what it means.
1. A heat wave. Every day this week is going to be over a hundred.
I think heat wave means:2. Down the side there’s a row of little round windows, like on a ship. All of them are frosted over.
I think frosted means:3. Then the back door of the truck opened, and the boy just… climbed in. By himself. Like he was sleepwalking.
I think sleepwalking means:4. I’m under three blankets and my winter coat, and my teeth won’t stop chattering.
I think chattering means:
