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3 Ways to Say Happy

Writing can be boring when you use the same old words! Learn new ways to say happy. Then use the new words to write what the fingers are saying.

From the September 2021 Issue
Featured Skill: Vocabulary,

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Writing can be boring when you use the same old words! Learn new ways to say happy. Then use the new words to write what the fingers are saying.

Instead of happy, try:

  • cheerful
  • overjoyed
  • delighted

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What do you think the finger-people are saying?

You are my friends. That makes me __________________.

I am __________________  too. Will you always be there for me?

Sure, you can count on us! (Because we’re fingers, get it?)

Three of the words for “happy” are in the magazine. Can you find them?

(Hint: Two are near a photo of a grandpa. One is near an illustration of a chorus.)

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