Below is the Words to Know section from the first Town Magician book. These are words used in the story and gathered in one place to help teachers and parents see them easily. Feel free to use this list with your kids and look for them in Embracing the Magic. Throughout the story, there may be some words that you haven’t seen before. I have tried to define these words below. Please, look these up in a dictionary to get the official definition. I’ve also provided the sentence where the word appears for context.For a complete study guide, visit sa-schneider.com. Squalid – yucky, shabby and worn, dirtyHis booming voice stopped, his brow creased as he leaned toward the fallen man. “What is this squalid little town’s name?” Hitherto – means until now, until this pointI must attend other towns, but I will return in one week to honor you with a spectacle unlike any you have hitherto witnessed. Carnage – everything’s destroyedAs the shards pelted the closest onlookers, they shrieked and pushed to get away from the carnage. Plonked – a great word, like if an acorn bounced off your head – I imagine it would sound like ‘Plonk’Rory found […]

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