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DAY 2FIRST DAY JITTERS

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Write about a new activity that you would like to try. Explain why you would like to try this activity.

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The word chuckled means to laugh quietly.

I chuckled when I heard the joke.

How is chuckled different from laughed out loud?

Nonsense is a silly or untrue idea or thought.

When I was afraid to go to the library, my friend said my fears were nonsense.

What is something you think is nonsense?

If something is fumbled, it is done in a clumsy or awkward way.

He was so tired that he fumbled into his pajamas.

When have you fumbled into something?

Trudged describes a way of walking slowly or dragging one’s feet.

The tired student trudged up the hill to his house.

What might be a reason why you would have trudged somewhere?

Tunneled means dug farther, as if making a deep hole.

The ants tunneled into the ground.

What animals have tunneled to make their homes?

If something is clammy, it is cool, damp, and sticky.

The air near the ocean sometimes feels clammy in the evenings.

When might you feel clammy?

If something is done weakly, it is done without strength.

The sick old lady lifted her hand and waved weakly.

When have you done something weakly?

If someone slumped, they fell against something because of a weak feeling

After working on his papers for hours, he slumped over his desk.

When have you been so tired that you slumped against something?

If someone gushed, they talked with so much feeling that it seemed silly.

When she opened the present and saw exactly what she wanted, she gushed with thanks.

When have you been so excited that you gushed about something?

What is something that makes you chuckle?

What is something that makes you chuckle?Do you think a person who gets nervous around deep water would want to travel in a boat?

What does it mean to call something nonsense?

What might cause someone to fumble into something?

Would you be more ikely to trudge when you are tired or when you are full of energy?

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I will tell youeverything.

Who?What?When?Where?Why?How?

I give orders.I have strong

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i like my new friends

when is the first day of school

did you go to school here last year

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The teacher will be meeting with small groups.