Grade 3-4: Vocabulary Lesson for Tuesday, Week 3

This week's theme is: Exercise

Word List 3

1. active: moving, in action, in motion
2. moisture: damp, a little bit wet
3. gradual: not suddenly, but little by little, step by stept
4. prevent: stop something from happening
5. prepare: to get ready for a particular purpose

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
2. Word Whacker : Play this with all of your flashcards from all the weeks. Place the cards on a table with the word side up. Stand over the cards with a flyswatter or a rolled up newspaper. As the definitions are read by an adult, "whack" the correct word. Play this with your friends and family members and see who can whack the word first.
3. Write your vocabulary words in alphabetical order in your vocabulary notebook. Write your own definition beside each word.

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:

Being active will keep your heart healthy.
The little boy was so active that his mom had a hard time keeping up with him.

Moisture beaded on her face when she ran in the race.
You could see the moisture on her shirt after she was exercising.

She gradually was able to run further and further.
The weight came off gradually as the weeks went by.

By exercising she hopes to prevent getting ill.
You can prevent obesity by keeping active.

He prepares himself for the race by imagining that he wins.
It is wise to prepare yourself for emergencies.

 
 

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