Grade 1-2: Vocabulary Lesson for Tuesday, Week 12

This week's theme is: Soccer

Word List 12

1. team: A group of players working together, forming one of the sides in a sporting contest
2. award: Something given for victory or being the best in a contest or competition.
3. bounce: To hit a solid surface and spring back.
4. career: A job that you chose to do for a long time for which you are trained.

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. Click on this link to go to the game. Turn your sound up to listen to these words. Click on the egg that matches what is said.
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:

I hope our team wins.
The red team has very good players.

The red team won an award for making the most points.
The winners received an award trophy.

We need more air in the ball to make it bounce higher.
He bounced the soccer ball off his head and into the goal.

His chosen career was playing soccer.
Since hurting his knee, he knew a career in soccer was not possible.

 
 

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