Grade 1-2: Vocabulary Lesson for Wednesday, Week 8

This week's theme is: Stories

Word List 8

1. fable: a story that teaches a lesson
2. fiction: a story that is made up, not true
3. nonfiction: a category of writing that is about real people and real events
4. fantasy: a creation of the imagination

Wednesday Activities

1. Create a mind map with words that mean the opposite of your vocabulary words. If you need an example of a mind map, click on the link for an example.
2. Click on this link for the game. Drag and drop the correct word to complete the sentence.
3. Click on this link to go to the game. Read the word aloud each time you see it. This week's list is the second grade sight word list.

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 like the fable about the grapes and the fox.
My teacher told us to make up our own fable.

This book is fiction.
Our assignment was to write a fictional story.

I read a nonfiction book about Abraham Lincoln.
The nonfiction book on President Carter was very good.

Some fantasy stories are hard to understand.
The science fiction book was a fantasy.

 
 

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