1. Alexander,
Who Used to Be
Rich Last
Sunday
Preteaching Vocabulary

2.  absolutely
I absolutely was saving the rest of my
money. (p159)
 Absolutely, I promised to take out the
garbage last night.(transparency)
 absolutely: without any doubt

3.  positively
I positively was saving the rest of my
money. (p159)
 I positively believed that I would take the
garbage, but I fell asleep. (transparency)
 positively: for sure, certainly; confidently

4.  vanish
 Butthen Nick did a magic trick that made my
pennies vanish in thin air. (p161)
 When I woke up this morning, I wished that I
could make the garbage vanish before Mom
found it still in the kitchen. (transparency)
 vanish: disappear

5.  tokens
 Itisn’t fair because what I’ve got is ...
bus tokens. (p156)
 Robert said, “I spent a lot of tokens at
Chuck E. Cheese’s.”
 tokens: pieces of metal shaped as
coins, used instead of money.

6.  lox
 They brought lox because my father
likes to eat lox. (p157)
 “Would you like to taste lox?” asked my
grandmother.
 lox: a form of salmon for eating

7.  smushed
I rescued it from being melted or smushed.
(p161)
 I smushed my finger with the door.
 smushed: (slang) pressed against; smashed

8. Match vocabulary words with definitions
 absolutely A pieces of metal shaped as
 positively coins, used instead of money.
 B for sure, certainly;
 vanish confidently
 tokens  C (slang) pressed against;
smashed
 lox
 D disappear
 smushed  E without any doubt
 F a form of salmon for eating