Grade 3-4: Vocabulary Lesson for Friday, Week 15

This week's theme is: Extinction

Word List 15

1. survey: A method used to gather information.
2. wander: To move about without a place to go.
3. prevent: To keep something from happening.
4. reverse: To turn around and go in the opposite direction.
5. respect: Showing consideration and honor.

Friday Activities

1. Create a mind map with words that mean the opposite or antonyms. Use the thesaurus built into your word program to find more words that are antonyms. Or you can go to this on-line thesaurus.
2. Use this site, Bubbl.us,to create mind maps online. The directions for using this tool are on the right side of the page. Print out your creation and insert it in your vocabulary notebook.
3. Go to the Spelling City website. Type in your list of vocabulary words. Click on the button that says Play A Game. Choose an activity to play.

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:

John's survey showed that people were concerned about extinction
The survey recorded hundreds of birds.

We wandered through the jungle looking for animals.
The young animals seem to wander more than their parents.

Everyone can help prevent extinction.
We should prevent the extinction of wild species because they help keep the animals in balance with the food chains.

Students can help identify ways to reverse extinction.
Congress can enact rules to halt and reverse the trend toward species extinction.

We should treat animals with respect.
Respecting animal nature is important. It helps us realize that these animals have their own rules about what is right and wrong.

 
 

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