Unit2wk5 vocab introduction

VocabularyDear Mr. Winston

apologize – to say one is sorry; to make an apology

When you apologize you tell someone that you are sorry.

Liam was sorry for breaking the vase, so he came to apologize.

Tell about a time you needed to apologize?

genuine – real

If something is genuine, it is real or true.

A genuine person is sincere and natural.

What is an antonym for genuine?

cardboard – a heavy, stiff paper used to make boxes and posters

Cardboard is a very stiff and heavy paper used to make boxes.

Sarah mailed the cookies in a cardboard box to keep them from breaking.

How is cardboard different from regular paper?

ambulance – a special vehicle that carries sick or injured people to a hospital

An Ambulance is designed to carry injured or sick people to the hospital safely.

After Andrew was injured, an ambulance drove him to the hospital.

How can you tell if an ambulance is taking someone to the hospital?

weekdays – the days of the week except Saturday and Sunday

The Weekdays are Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday ,and Friday.

On Saturday and Sunday we have pancakes for breakfast, but on weekdays we have oatmeal.

What are regular weekdays like at your house?

harmless – causing no injury

Anything that is harmless cannot do damage or hurt you.

Crayons have to be harmless to protect young children from injury.

What is a synonym for harmless?

slithered - moved like a snake

Slithered means “slid or glided like a snake”.

The dog slid under the house to fetch the tennis ball and then slithered back out.

What other animals could slithered describe?