Grade 1-2: Vocabulary Lesson for Tuesday, 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

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. Click on this link to go to the game. Turn your sound up to listen to these words. Click on the egg that matches what is said.
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:

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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