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

This week's theme is: Monsters

Word List 4

1. figment: not real, fantasy
2. fierce: powerful and dangerous
3. triumph: a victory or to win
4. grasp: to hold on to something tight
5. defend: to protect and keep one safe

Monday Activities

1. On Week One, we suggested you purchase a notebook. You will be keeping your weekly words, definitions and assignments in this notebook. Write each word and definition in your vocabulary book. Practice saying your words with a grown up to make sure you are pronouncing them correctly.
2. Create your own sentence using each word and write this in your vocabulary notebook. We have provided samples below to get you started.
3. Use this dictionary link to check the pronounciation of each word. Type each word in the box on the left, then click the sound icon to listen.

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:

Monsters are a figment of our imagination.
The huge bug was not a figment of my imagination.

Some monsters try to look fierce so they can scare people.
The monster acting fierce is not real; it is pretend.

The boy triumphed over the fear of the monster.
The boy pretended to race with a monster and the boy was triuphant.

The little girl grasped the monster's hand.
The happy monster grasped the candy in his hand.

The monster said he would defend his friends from the buzzing bees.
The soldier defended his country.

 
 

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