Kindergarten- created by Melissa Roy

Unit 6: My Shadow Vocabulary Mountain Island Elementary

shining / Giving out bright light
The sun is shining very brightly today.
shadow / Dark spot where light is blocked
The groundhog saw his shadow and went back in his hole.
cloudy /

When the sky is full of clouds and you can not see the sun

It is very cloudy outside today.
discover /

To find out

Did you discover where the treasure was buried?
block / To keep something from passing through
We use an umbrella to block out the sun at the beach.
climb / To move upward on or mount, especially by using the hands and feet or the feet alone; ascend
We are going to climb the mountain.


shines /

To give out light

I wear sunglasses when the sun shines in my eyes.
through / In one side and out of the other
We walked through the door to get into the house.
slides / Moves slowly
She slides across the ice on skates.
zigzags
/ Makes short sharp turns
Michael zigzags around the neighborhood on his bike.
railing /

Long bar on posts to hold on to when climbing stairs

We hold onto the railing when we walk down the stairs.
faint
/

Hard to see

The vase made only a faint shadow on the wall.
sometimes / Not all of the time
Sometimes my mom lets me stay up late.
race / To try to be the fastest
I asked my friends if they wanted to race.
brook /

A small stream

We like to go fishing in the brook.
cliff /

A steep rock face

We climbed up the really high cliff.
annoyed /

Bothered

My little brother annoyed me. He would copy everything I said.
bury / To dig a hole and cover with dirt or sand
We will bury the seeds to grow flowers in the garden.
wide /

Large distance from side to side

The hole was very deep and wide and I fell in.
sighed / Made a deep sound with the breath as if tired
My teacher sighed at our class. She was getting tired of us talking so much.
exclaimed / Spoke loudly and suddenly, as from emotion or surprise
The children exclaimed with excitement when the movie began.
deal
/ To make a decision together
We shook hands to agree on the deal.
cloud /

Puffy, white mass floating in the sky

The cloud was very big and dark. It looked like it was going to rain.
hid
/

Put something out of sight so you cannot find it

The boy hid when he heard his parents coming.
daytime / Part of the day between when it is light outside and when it gets dark
We go to school in the daytime when the sun is out.
twinkle / To shine with flashes of light
You can see the stars twinkle on a clear night.
heat / warmth
I could feel the sun’s heat while I lay on the beach.
telescope / Tool that makes faraway objects seem closer and bigger
We used the telescope to look up at the stars.
galaxies / Huge groups of stars and planets
We can see galaxies through our telescope at night.
planets / Bodies, like Earth, that move around the sun
Earth is one of the planets in the solar system.
burrow / Hole in the ground made by an animal as a home
The rabbits dig in the ground to make a burrow.
bushes / Plants with lots of close branches
My father trimmed the bushes near our house. They were getting too tall.
peeking / Looking quickly at something
I saw someone peeking in the window and it scared me.
advice / Telling someone what you think they should do
The girl asked her mother for advice on what clothes she should wear.
coated / To be covered with something
The chef coated the cake with a layer of frosting.
handy / Useful
The eraser on my pencil is handy when I make a mistake.