Grade 1-2: Vocabulary Lesson for Wednesday, 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.

Wednesday Activities

1. Worksheet Creator - Type your vocabulary words in the left column and the definitions in the right column. There is room on this worksheet for 10 words. Think of other words you know and type the words and definitions in the blank lines to complete the list. Click on "Generate Worksheet" at the bottom. Your worksheet will be created. Print out your worksheet, then after completing, insert it in your vocabulary notebook.
2. Click on this link to see the magnetic board.
3. Drag the letters to create your vocabulary words on the board.

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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