Grade 1-2: Vocabulary Lesson for Thursday, Week 2

This week's theme is: Summer weather

Word List 2

1. energy: the power to do work, usable power
2. precipitation: types of water that fall from the sky, such as rain or snow
3. meteorologist: a scientist who studies the weather.
4. temperature: how hot or cold something is

Thursday Activities

1. Play Word Whacker with all of your flashcards from all the weeks. Place the cards on a table with the word side up.
2. Stand over the cards with a flyswatter or a rolled up newspaper. As the definitions are read by an adult the student ‘whacks’ the correct word.Play this with your friends and family members and see who can whack the word first.
3. Make your words glow using this tool. Click on the link to start. Type in your words on th right. You can change the settings on the left side. Be creative and have fun!

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 energy from the sun gives us light.
When we eat, our bodies take energy from the food.

I would like to be a meterologist when I grow up
The meterologist warned us about the storm

Everyday the temperature changes
Can you name three things that are hot in temperature?

 
 

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