Week 13 Vocab Part 1

Week 13 Vocab Part 1

Making Meaning 5th grade

Thoughtless

• without thought for the feelings or needs of others

Thoughtless

"When we left class to go to the therapist

we hoped they wouldn't laugh"

"'Aw, ya gonna go look at the monkeys?'

'Maybe they'll teach you how to talk.'"

Thoughtless

A thoughtless person is inconsiderate and does not think carefully about what he says or does.

When Jim and Joe's classmates laugh at them or make fun of the way they talk, they are being thoughtless. They are not thinking about how their hurtful comments might affect Jim and Joe.

suffix -less

-less is a suffix. A suffix is a group of letters at the end of a word that makes a new word. The suffix -less means "without." When the suffix -less is added to the word thought, it makes the new word thoughtless, which means "without thought for the feelings or needs of others."

Multiple Choice

What is the new word we're learning that means "without thought for the feelings or needs of others?"

• thoughtless

• helter-skelter

• loll

Thoughtful

• thoughtless and thoughtful are antonyms

• Antonyms are words that have the opposite meaning

Open Ended

If thoughtless means that a person doesn't think of others' feelings or needs, what do you think thoughtful means?

Thoughtful

Thoughtful means "full of thought for the feelings or needs of others."

How might Tulip be thoughtful?

On the next few slides, I will describe a situation involving our 5th grade friend, Tulip. You will decide what Tulip might do if she were being thoughtful or thoughtless.

Open Ended

Tulip accidentally walks onto her neighbor's flower bed, crushing many of the flowers. If she were thoughtful, what might Tulip do or say?

Open Ended

Tulip accidentally walks onto her neighbor's flower bed, crushing many of the flowers. If she were thoughtless, what might Tulip do or say?

Open Ended

Tulip's friend Ross is wearing a belt he made himself. Tulip thinks the belt looks peculiar. If she were thoughtful, what might Tulip do or say?

Open Ended

Tulip's friend Ross is wearing a belt he made himself. Tulip thinks the belt looks peculiar. If Tulip were thoughtless, what might she do or say?

Multiple Choice

What is the new word we're learning that means the opposite of thoughtless?

• helter-skelter

• peculiar

• thoughtful

Desert and Deserter

• abandon

• leave someone or something that should not be left behind

• a person who deserts

Desert/deserter

In "Speech Class," Jim sympathizes with Joe. "I felt like a deserter/ and wanted you/ to have my voice."

Desert means to "abandon, or leave someone or something that should not be left behind." A deserter is a person who deserts. We usually use the word deserter to describe a soldier who leaves the army without permission.

Suffix -er

The suffix -er means "a person who." When you see er at the end of a word, it describes a person who is or does something.

Example:

Baker (a person who bakes)

Teacher (a person who teaches)

Did Tulip Desert?

On the next few slides, we're going to play a game with Tulip. You will read about something Tulip does, and say whether you think Tulip deserted the person.

Multiple Choice

Tulip walks her little rother to school on his first day of kindergarten. When she leaves him at the kindergarten room door, she says, "I'll pick you up at two o'clock"- and she does. Did Tulip desert her little brother?

• yes

• no

Multiple Choice

Tulip is at a movie with her friend. In the middle of the movie, Tulip leaves and does not come back. Did Tulip desert her friend?

• yes

• no

Multiple Choice

What is the new word we're learning that means to "abandon, or leave someone or something that should not be left behind."

• devour

• desert

• thoughtful