Dollars and Sense Vocabulary Cards, Created by Anne Zdrojewski, Hidden Valley Elementary, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools, March 2009

dawn
noun / when the sun comes up
huddled
(past tense of huddle)
verb / to wrap oneself tightly
dared
(past tense of dare)
verb / to have the courage to do something
embarrassment
noun / a feeling of shyness or being ashamed
wove
(past tense of weave)
verb / to lace together
pounded
(past tense of pound)
verb / to beat loudly
tremble
verb / to shake
pride
noun / a feeling of worth or importance
longed
(past tense of long)
verb / to want very much
perched
(past tense of perch)
verb / to sit on top of something as a bird does
wobbled
(past tense of wobble)
verb / to shake back and forth unsteadily
pruned
(past tense of prune)
verb / to trim tree branches
wearily
adjective / in a tired way
gleefully
adjective / with great happiness
confident
adjective / sure of oneself
clutched
(past tense of clutch)
verb / to hold tightly
demanded
(past tense of demand)
verb / to ask firmly
protested
(past tense of protest)
verb / to say in disagreement
fine
adjective / very nice
possessions
(plural of possession)
noun / a thing that someone owns
discarded
adjective / thrown away
wealth
noun / a great deal of money
daydream
verb / to let the mind wander;
to think about things that may not happen
worthless
adjective / of no use of value
misfortune
noun / bad luck
provide
verb / to give something to someone
miser
noun / a person who loves money more than anything
value
noun / worth or importance
product
noun / item that is sold by a business
stencils
(plural of stencil)
noun / a cut-out pattern used for making letter shapes with paint or markers
Aa / Bb
Cc / Dd
investment
noun / money someone puts into a business to make more money
partner
noun / someone who owns a business with another person
profits
(plural of profit)
noun / money a business earns
opposing
adjective / on the other side of an issue
corny
adjective / old fashioned or sappy
century
noun / a span of one hundred years
A century of phones