Grade 3-4: Vocabulary Lesson for Tuesday, Week 5

This week's theme is: Solving Problems

Word List 5

1. solution: the answer to a problem
2. method: a way of doing things
3. diagram: a drawing to explain things using a picture or chart
4. observe: to watch very closely
5. explore: to look at new things and learn about them.

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 by clicking on the link.
2. Go to the Spelling City website. Type in your list of vocabulary words. Click on the button that says Play A Game. Select Which Word. Play the game and write down the fill-in-the-blank sentences in your notebook.
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:

My math teacher said the solution was easy.
The solution to the problem was easy after the teacher explained how to do it.

This is the method for adding a series of numbers.
There are many methods used to divide numbers.

I needed a diagram to help me understand the problem.
We came up with our own problem and also made a diagram to go with it.

I have a hard time doing things if I am being observed.
A baby learns by observing the world around her.

The boy had fun exploring the cave.
My teacher told me to explore many methods until I found one I liked.

 
 

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