Grade 1-2: Vocabulary Lesson for Tuesday, Week 3

This week's theme is: Cooking

Word List 3

1. blend: to mix together
2. measure: use a tool to find out the size or weight
3. texture: the feel of the material
4. mixture: a combination of ingredients

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.
2. Word Game: Hold up the word side and have your child make up a sentence using that word and saying the definition.
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:

To make a cake, blend the ingredients together.
Blend the batter with an electric mixer.

Measure out the flour and sugar when baking.
The recipe said to measure one cup of milk to add to the batter.

Mix it until the texture is smooth.
The texture of the mix can be lumpy.

I bought the mixture for the cookies at the store.
I just have to add one egg to the mixture to make pancakes.

 
 

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