Grade 1-2: Vocabulary Lesson for Monday, Week 2

This week's theme is: Summer weather

Word List 2

1. energy: the power to do work, usable power
2. precipitation: types of water that fall from the sky, such as rain or snow
3. meteorologist: a scientist who studies the weather.
4. temperature: how hot or cold something is

Monday Activities

1. Make a Summer Vocabulary Notebook. Each week you will write the words and definitions you learn in it.
2. Write each word and definition in your vocabulary book. Use this dictionary link to check the pronounciation of each word. Type each word in the box on the left, then click the sound icon to listen.
3. Practice saying your words with a grown up to make sure you are pronouncing them correctly.If you have access to a video camera, record yourself saying the words and sample sentences and play them back on the computer. If you have a Mac, use the Photo Booth application or a simple webcam on a PC.

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 energy from the sun gives us light.
When we eat, our bodies take energy from the food.

The weathermen predict which types of precipitation will fall.
Precipitation was very low for this time of year.

I would like to be a meterologist when I grow up
The meterologist warned us about the storm

Everyday the temperature changes
Can you name three things that are hot in temperature?

 
 

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