Grade 5-6: Vocabulary Lesson for Tuesday, 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.

Tuesday Activities

1. Make Flashcards - Write the word on one side of an index card and put the definition and a sentence on the opposite side. You can find ideas for making flashcards on the Internet by clicking on the link: http://www.internet4classrooms.com/links_grades_kindergarten_12/books_to_make_teacher_tools.htm.
2. Connectives - Click on the link and type in your vocabulary words and their definitions in the three columns. Your definitions will be typed in column 2 and continue in column 3. Print out the sheet and cut it into the individual blocks. Keep the pieces in a ziploc bag and try to put the connectors together during your travel time or free time at home.
3. Create your own worksheet using your vocabulary words and your own definitions with this Worksheet Creater. Type your vocabulary words in the left column and the definitions in the right column. There is room on this worksheet for 10 words. Think of other words you know and type the words and definitions in the blank lines to complete the list. Click on "Generate Worksheet" at the bottom

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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