David’s New FriendsDavid’s New Friends

Genre: Fiction

By: Pat Mora

Let’s Get Along: Making Let’s Get Along: Making FriendsFriends

Making New Friends

Let’s Get Along

tomorrowtomorrow

•Tomorrow is the day after today.Tomorrow is the day after today.

•I am going to my grandma’s house tomorrow.

•What are you going to do tomorrow?

differentdifferent Two things are different from each other if Two things are different from each other if

they are not the same.they are not the same.

A dog is A dog is differentdifferent from a robin because a from a robin because a dog has fur and a robin has feathers.dog has fur and a robin has feathers.

How is an apple How is an apple differentdifferent from an from an orange?orange?

groangroan When you groan, you make a deep, When you groan, you make a deep,

unhappy sound.unhappy sound.

The boys The boys groangroan when their mother tells when their mother tells them to eat all their vegetables.them to eat all their vegetables.

Name a word that has the same meaning Name a word that has the same meaning as as groangroan..

excitedexcited

To be excited is to be thrilled and To be excited is to be thrilled and happy about something.happy about something.

I was I was excitedexcited to go to school today. to go to school today.

What have you been What have you been excitedexcited about? about?

carefullycarefully If you do something carefully, you take If you do something carefully, you take

your time and think about what you are your time and think about what you are doing.doing.

I I carefullycarefully walked across the icy street. walked across the icy street.

Name a word that means the opposite of Name a word that means the opposite of carefullycarefully..

whisperwhisper When I whisper, I talk very softly.When I whisper, I talk very softly.

When I am at the library, I have to When I am at the library, I have to whisperwhisper..

Tell why it is important to Tell why it is important to whisperwhisper at at the library.the library.

VocabularyVocabularycarefully, different, excited, groan, whispercarefully, different, excited, groan, whisper

Robust VocabularyRobust Vocabulary

attemptattempt An An attemptattempt is a try. is a try.

Mr. Putter made an Mr. Putter made an attemptattempt to build his to build his model airplane.model airplane.

Why is it important not to quit if your first Why is it important not to quit if your first attemptattempt at something does not work out? at something does not work out?

eagereager An An eagereager person wants to do something person wants to do something

very much.very much.

Bob is Bob is eagereager to go to the beach this to go to the beach this summer.summer.

What are you What are you eagereager to do? to do?

expertexpert An An expertexpert knows a lot about something knows a lot about something

or can do something very well.or can do something very well.

A firefighter is an A firefighter is an expertexpert at rescuing at rescuing people.people.

Who are some Who are some expertsexperts in your in your neighborhood? What do they do?neighborhood? What do they do?

knowledgeknowledge KnowledgeKnowledge is information, or what is information, or what

someone knows.someone knows.

Danny used his great Danny used his great knowledgeknowledge of of dinosaurs to write a report.dinosaurs to write a report.

What kind of What kind of knowledgeknowledge does a doctor does a doctor need?need?

lessonlesson In a In a lessonlesson, a teacher teaches a skill to a , a teacher teaches a skill to a

student.student. During Jane’s piano During Jane’s piano lessonlesson, the , the

teacher shows her how to playteacher shows her how to play

new songs.new songs.

What kind of lessons would youWhat kind of lessons would you

like to take?like to take?

David’s New FriendsDavid’s New FriendsTest:Test:

VocabularyVocabulary

1. tomorrow1. tomorrow 2. groan2. groan 3. whisper3. whisper 4. carefully4. carefully 5. different5. different 6. excited6. excited

Robust VocabularyRobust Vocabulary

1. attempt1. attempt 2. eager2. eager 3. expert3. expert 4. knowledge4. knowledge 5. lesson5. lesson