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First Day Jitters

Vocabulary Review

downstairs•The girl walked downstairs to get the mail.

•Down the stairs

What word means the opposite of downstairs?

downstairs

•I feel nervous when I ride on an airplane.

nervous

•A person who is afraid or worried.

When do you feel nervous?

nervous

I chuckled when I heard the joke.

chuckled

•A quiet laugh

How is chuckled different from “laughed

out loud”?

chuckled

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

nonsense

• Silly or untrue idea

What is something that you think is nonsense?

nonsense

•He was tired and fumbled into his pajamas.

fumbled

Something done in a clumsy way

When have you fumbled into something?

fumbled

•The tired student trudged up the hill to his house.

trudged

Walking slowly or dragging one’s feet

Can you think of a reason why you might

have trudged somewhere?

trudged

Your vocabulary words are:

•Downstairs

•Nervous•Chuckled

•Nonsense•Fumbled•Trudged

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