Grade 1-2: Vocabulary Lesson for Tuesday, Week 11

This week's theme is: Earth

Word List 11

1. Earth: The third planet from the sun.
2. astronomy: The study of the universe and the objects in it.
3. planet: A large body in the sky that does not shine using its own light but uses light from the star around which it revolves.
4. telescope: A tool or instrument for making distant objects appear larger and brighter.

Tuesday Activities

1. Make Flashcards - Write the word on one side of an index card and put the definition and a sentence on the opposite side.
2. Word Whacker : Play this with all of your flashcards from all weeks. Place the cards on a table with the word side up. Stand over the cards with a flyswatter or a rolled up newspaper. As the definitions are read by an adult, "whack" the correct word. Play this with your friends and family members and see who can whack the word first.
3. Write your vocabulary words in alphabetical order in your vocabulary notebook. Write your own definition beside each word.

Other Help

If you need more information on your words, click on the link to use a on-line dictionary.

Use the daily activities to help you remember words that you learn each week. It is much easier to remember what the words mean if you do something with them and use them frequently in talking with your parents, family and friends.

Sample sentences:

The moon is Earth's satellite.
The astronaut saw the Earth from space.

I joined the astronomy club.
The telescope is a tool used in astronomy.

Do you think there are people who live on other planets?
We must take care of our planet.

I have always wanted my own telescope.
Use a telescope to see the stars.

 
 

For more vocabulary, reading and other language arts resources, please visit our interactive skillbuilders.