Grade 3-4: Vocabulary Lesson for Wednesday, Week 5

This week's theme is: Solving Problems

Word List 5

1. solution: the answer to a problem
2. method: a way of doing things
3. diagram: a drawing to explain things using a picture or chart
4. observe: to watch very closely
5. explore: to look at new things and learn about them.

Wednesday Activities

1. Make Mind Maps - Link your vocabulary words to words that you already know. Click on the link for an example of a mind map. On a piece of paper, or on the computer in Word, draw a circle and write the vocabulary word inside the circle. Think of words that mean the same thing and put those in circles around the outside of the word drawing a line to connect the synonyms.
2. Mind Games - 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. Click on the button in front of Thesaurus at the top of the page, then type your word into the white area.
3. Word Search - Make your own word search. Type in your vocabulary words, then click, "make word search" at the bottom of the page.

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:

My math teacher said the solution was easy.
The solution to the problem was easy after the teacher explained how to do it.

This is the method for adding a series of numbers.
There are many methods used to divide numbers.

I needed a diagram to help me understand the problem.
We came up with our own problem and also made a diagram to go with it.

I have a hard time doing things if I am being observed.
A baby learns by observing the world around her.

The boy had fun exploring the cave.
My teacher told me to explore many methods until I found one I liked.

 
 

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