Grade 1-2: Vocabulary Lesson for Friday, Week 9

This week's theme is: Jobs

Word List 9

1. farmer: the business of raising crops and animals
2. factory: a building where goods are made
3. karate: Asian way of defending yourself
4. lumberjack: a person that cuts down trees and transports them

Friday Activities

1. Write the vocabulary words on paper.
2. Cut out each word into individual word pieces.
3. Lay your flash cards on the table with the definition side up. Match the paper words with the correct definition.

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:

A farmer works very hard to take care of his animals.
A farmer grew the vegetables we eat.

She worked at a pencil factory.
Our factory has many people doing different jobs.

The karate teacher said I did very good in class.
I want to be a Karate teacher when I grow up.

The lumberjack was very strong.
A lumberjack uses a saw when he works.

 
 

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