Vocabulary David’s New Friend and Skills Week 1 and 2

excited : adjective To be excited is to be thrilled and happy about something. I was excited to go to school today. What have you been excited about?

different : adjective Two things are different from each other if they are not the same. A dog is different from a robin because a dog has fur and a robin has feathers. How is an apple different from an orange?

Same and different

groan: verb When you groan, you make a deep, unhappy sound. The boys groan when their mother tells them to eat all their vegetables. Name a word that has the same meaning as groan.

He groans because his stomach hurts.

carefully: adverb If you do something carefully, you take your time and think about what you are doing. I carefully walked across the icy street. Name a word that means the opposite of carefully.

The children carefully crossed the street.

whisper: verb When 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 PersonAnimal Setting Place: Classroom Library Africa Your house

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