Grade 1-2: Vocabulary Lesson for Tuesday, 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

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. Some games that you can play with flashcards are: Hold up the definition and have your child say the vocabulary word that matches that definition. Hold up the word side and have your child make up a sentence using that word and saying the definition.
2. You can also make flashcards online and then print them out. You can find ideas for making flashcards on the Internet by clicking on this link
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:

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

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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