1. Alexander, Who Used to Be Rich Last Sunday by Judith Viorst
Unit 5 Lesson 5
Preteaching Vocabulary

2. absolutely
I absolutely was saving the rest of my money. (p159)
Absolutely, I promised to take out the garbage last night.(transparency)
absolutely: without any doubt

3. positively
I positively was saving the rest of my money. (p159)
I positively believed that I would take the garbage, but I fell asleep. (transparency)
positively: for sure, certainly; confidently

4. vanish
But then Nick did a magic trick that made my pennies vanish in thin air. (p161)
When I woke up this morning, I wished that I could make the garbage vanish before Mom found it still in the kitchen. (transparency)
vanish: disappear

5. tokens
It isn’t fair because what I’ve got is ... bus tokens. (p156)
Robert said, “I spent a lot of tokens at Chuck E. Cheese’s.”
tokens: pieces of metal shaped as coins, used instead of money.

6. lox
They brought lox because my father likes to eat lox. (p157)
“Would you like to taste lox?” asked my grandmother.
lox: a form of salmon for eating

7. smushed
I rescued it from being melted or smushed.(p161)
I smushed my finger with the door.
smushed: (slang) pressed against; smashed

8. Match vocabulary words with definitions
absolutely
positively
vanish
tokens
lox
smushed
A pieces of metal shaped as coins, used instead of money.
B for sure, certainly; confidently
C (slang) pressed against; smashed
D disappear
E without any doubt
F a form of salmon for eating

9. American Coins