Grade 5-6: Vocabulary Lesson for Friday, Week 4

This week's theme is: Exercise

Word List 4

1. pedestrian: going on foot, walking
2. sluggish: loss of energy, alertness, or vigor;
3. dedicate: to give your all for a purpose
4. exert: to apply oneself to a lot of effort and energy
5. jubilation: rejoice and celebration
6. challenge: a demanding task that calls for a lot of effort
7. crave: to desire and want something very much.

Friday Activities

1. Create your own crossword puzzle. Click on the link and and scroll down to the bottom of the page. Enter your words and your clues (definition), then click "Create Crossword Now." A new web page will appear. You can put a title on your puzzle if you wish, then click "Create Crossword." Print this out and complete the puzzle. Insert the completed work in your vocabulary notebook.
2. What's Missing? - Mix up your flashcards so some cards show words and some show definitions. Lay them out in a row. Have a friend take one away and see if you remember which one is missing. State the word and the definition.
3. Write the vocabulary words on paper and cut them into individual word pieces. 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:

The cars must be aware of the pedestrians crossing the road.
Cars should stay clear of pedestrian crossings.

I usually get sluggish after eating lunch.
The computer had a sluggish response when I tried to open too many windows.

The foundation was dedicated to helping sick children.
You must dedicate yourself to losing weight.

The coach tells us to exert ourselves while lifting weights.
She exerted herself for the swim race and won the medal!

He felt such jubilation when he finished the race.
When the whistle blew, the team who won broke out in jubiliation.

Are you up to the challenge of running the whole race?
The boxer challenged his opponent to a match.

When I diet, I always crave chocolate.
The lady had a craving for some ice cream so she stopped at Baskin Robbins.

 
 

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