Grade 1-2: Vocabulary Lesson for Thursday, Week 5

This week's theme is: The Library

Word List 5

1. careful: paying attention to details
2. quietly: very little sound
3. few: not many
4. author: someone who writes books

Thursday Activities

1. Literacy Dominoes - create a game using your vocabulary words. Click on this link to begin.
2. Type your words in the box entering each word on a new line.
3. When you have finished, click on "print sheet" at the lower right side. Cut out your dominoes and play with a friend. When you place the words, tell the other player a sentence using that 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:

I was careful to place the books back in the right spot on the shelf.
I am always careful handling books gently.

I quietly asked the librarian where the non-fiction section was.
You should be quiet in the library so you do not disturb the others.

There were just a few books on Babe Ruth
You can only check out a few books at a time.

I like to check out books by the same author.
The author came to the library to read her book to the children.

 
 

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