Vocabulary David’s New Friend and Skills

Week 1 and 2

excited : adjective

To be excited is to be To be excited is to be thrilled and happy thrilled and happy about something. about something.

I was excited to go to I was excited to go to school today.school today.

What have you been What have you been excited about? excited about?

different : adjective

Two things are different from each other if Two things are different from each other if they are not the same. they are not the same.

A dog is different from a robin because a dog A dog is different from a robin because a dog has fur and a robin has feathers. has fur and a robin has feathers.

How is an apple different from an orange?How is an apple different from an orange?

Same and different

groan: verb

When you groan, you make a deep, unhappy When you groan, you make a deep, unhappy sound. sound.

The boys groan when their mother tells them The boys groan when their mother tells them to eat all their vegetables.to eat all their vegetables.

Name a word that has the same meaning as Name a word that has the same meaning as groan. groan.

He groans because his stomach hurts.

carefully: adverb

If you do something carefully, you take your If you do something carefully, you take your time and think about what you are doing. time and think about what you are doing.

I carefully walked across the icy street.I carefully walked across the icy street.

Name a word that means the opposite of Name a word that means the opposite of carefully. carefully.

The children carefully crossed the street.

whisper: verbWhen I whisper, I talk very

softly.

When I am at the library. I have to whisper.

Tell why it is important to whisper at the library.

Today, Ms. Little has planned a fun science project. The class is eager and ___________ to find out what it is. Ms. Little says that they will do a different project today. Ms. Little pulls out a box of worms. Several children __________ when they see the slimy worms. Ms. Little ____________ places several worms on the table.

She still doesn’t tell the class what they will be doing. The children quietly ____________ to each other what they think they will be doing. Ms. Little tells the children that they will wait a day and then look at the worms again ____________. After that they will observe the worms every day to learn how fast the worms grow.

Tomorrow groan carefully different excited whisper

Character and Setting

Character

PersonPerson

AnimalAnimal

Setting

Place:Place:

ClassroomClassroom

LibraryLibrary

AfricaAfrica

Your houseYour house

Alphabetical Order: words are in ABC order.

Not in alphabetical order

ChristineChristine

StevenSteven

EmilyEmily

VictorVictor

Christina Christina

In alphabetical order

ChristinaChristina

ChristineChristine

EmilyEmily

StevenSteven

VictorVictor