Vocabulary 1
A group of rooms for living in, usually on one floor of a large building full of them.
What is an apartment?
Something that is hard and crunchy.
What is crisp?
The color of peppermint sticks the boy chose to buy.
What is pink and red?
The edge of a piece of cloth or clothing that is folded under and sewn down?
What is a hem?
A thin tube-like musical instrument with a flared end, usually black with silver keys.
What is a clarinet?
Going across a town or city.
What is crosstown?
A container that is used for holding and pouring liquids.
What is a jug?
The color of peppers Mom used when she made eggs.
What is red and yellow?
A small stick of makeup used to color the lips.
What is lipstick?
What choice would you have made if you could have gotten anything in that store?
Any answer as long as it is something that you can either see from the pictures in the story or from what the student read.
A large truck that has a back "bed" for carrying loads like sand and etc. The bed can be tilted to empty the loads on the ground.
What is a dump truck?
A hard stick of mint flavored candy.
What is a peppermint stick?
The colorful items the boy saw before he sat on the bus?
What is a green door, orange brick steps, a black crack, blue crosstown bus, white bus door, yellow tickets?
A group of musicians who play music together.
What was the boy doing at the end of the story?
Drawing a picture.
A place where people gather to buy and sell things.
What is a market?
A small, quick meal, or something eaten between meals.
What is a snack?
The colorful clothing the boy noticed as he traveled through his town?
What is: a cop dressed in black, dancer with a purple dress with yellow and pink ribbons, blue hat, pink handbag?
To fall or to allow to fall down.
What is drop?
What was the boy doing to draw?
Answers can vary.
A musical instrument made of brass that has a flared bell on the end of it.
What is a trumpet?
The band of colors as seen in a rainbow- it is a "range" of color.
What is a spectrum?
The items the Mom and boy bought. Name 4.
What is carrots, eggplants, yellow and red peppers, green apples, brown eggs, milk, peppermint stick, and hot nuts.
To combine or put two or more things together into one.
What is mix?
Something that is strong in color or light. Can be a memory or language that is strong with lots of detail.
What is vivid?