Grade 5-6: Vocabulary Lesson for Thursday, 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.

Thursday Activities

1. Flashcardstash- Flashcard Stash allows you to create and customize your own digital flashcards. You can create flashcards with anything. Such as dates for History class, vocabulary for French class, or words for the SAT.
2. Word Scrambler - Click on the link and create your own word scrambler with your vocabulary words. Type in the number of words you wish to scramble and press the "next" buton. You will see a sheet that has the answers for you. Press next again and print out the page. Complete it and put it in your notebook.
3. Create your own virtual word dice. Click on this link and then click on number "15". Highlight the text that is already there and then type in one of your words. When you have finished, click on the single die or double dice, depending on how many words you enter. Click on the dice to roll them. State the definition of the word you see!

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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