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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