Grade 3-4: Vocabulary Lesson for Thursday, Week 3

This week's theme is: Exercise

Word List 3

1. active: moving, in action, in motion
2. moisture: damp, a little bit wet
3. gradual: not suddenly, but little by little, step by stept
4. prevent: stop something from happening
5. prepare: to get ready for a particular purpose

Thursday Activities

1. Write a story using your weekly words and type it into a Word document on your own computer. If you need assistance with using Word, inserting pictures, changing fonts, please visit this link.
2. Draw a picture that goes along with your story.
3. You may wish to use the program called "Paint" in Windows to draw your picture. Click on the link for directions to use this program.

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:

Being active will keep your heart healthy.
The little boy was so active that his mom had a hard time keeping up with him.

Moisture beaded on her face when she ran in the race.
You could see the moisture on her shirt after she was exercising.

She gradually was able to run further and further.
The weight came off gradually as the weeks went by.

By exercising she hopes to prevent getting ill.
You can prevent obesity by keeping active.

He prepares himself for the race by imagining that he wins.
It is wise to prepare yourself for emergencies.

 
 

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