Grade 1-2: Vocabulary Lesson for Friday, Week 13

This week's theme is: Gardening

Word List 13

1. damp: Just a tiny bit wet
2. soil: The top layer of the surface of the earth.
3. gap: A space between two objects.
4. insect: A bug having a body divided into head, thorax, and abdomen and having three pairs of legs.

Friday Activities

1. Use this site, Vocaroo to help you practice pronouncing your words. Just click on the button that says Click to Record and start talking! When you finish, click the stop button. Click on Listen to hear what you recorded.
2. Create your own crossword puzzle. Click on the link and scroll down to the bottom of the page. Enter your words and your clues (definition), then click "Create Crossword Now." A new web page will appear. You can put a title on your puzzle if you wish, then click "Create Crossword."
3. Print this out and complete the puzzle. Insert the completed work in your vocabulary notebook.

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 slipped on the damp leaves.
His hands felt damp inside his gloves.

Dig a hole in the soil to plant the flowers.
After the rain, you could see worms in the soil.

Leave a 3 inch gap between the seeds so the plants will have room to grow.
The students used rocks to fill in the gaps.

Be sure and look for insect damage to the leaves.
Wear protective spray so the insects won't bite you.

 
 

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