Grade 1-2: Vocabulary Lesson for Wednesday, Week 14

This week's theme is: Parades

Word List 14

1. parade: An ordered march or walk, a procession that could have bands, floats, and people gathered in a line.
2. crowd: A group of people attending a public function; an audience.
3. attention: A soldier posture, with the body erect, eyes to the front, arms at the sides, and heels together.
4. couple: To join together or two things together.

Wednesday Activities

1. How many words can you read. Drag over the words you know to the magnetic board. Click on the link to start.
2. Mind Games - Create a mind map with words that mean the opposite or antonyms. Use the thesaurus built into your word program to find more words that are antonyms. Or you can go to this on-line thesaurus. Click on the button in front of Thesaurus at the top of the page, then type your word into the white area.
3. Word Search - Make your own word search. Type in your vocabulary words, then click, "make word search" at the bottom of the page.

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 parade went down Main Street.
I liked the floats the best in the parade.

The big crowd of people waved at the people in the parade.
The crowd gathered on the sidewalk to see the parade.

The band stood at attention as they readied themselve to start.
The soldier was standing at attention.

A couple of the cheerleaders forgot their gloves.
The couple have three dogs and a cat.

 
 

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