Grade 3-4: Vocabulary Lesson for Wednesday, Week 7

This week's theme is: Arts and Crafts

Word List 7

1. create: to make something new
2. craft: the skill of making things by hand
3. sturdy: strongly built to last a long time , well built
4. tidy: neat and orderly
5. fragile: easily broken, delicate

Wednesday Activities

1. Use this site Bubbl.us to make mind maps. The directions for using this tool are on the right side of the page. Print out your creation and insert it in your vocabulary notebook.
2. Click on this link to practice common words.
3. Review the words, then pick a game to play with the words.

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:

She created her art project using trash.
We hope the new economy will create new jobs.

The fair had many crafts for sell.
The basket maker set up a craft exhibit.

The cane chairs were very sturdy.
She made a sturdy rocking chair out of bamboo.

A good artist always makes his room tidy after his work.
After creating her craft, she tidied up the area.

The glass maker creates fragile art.
The new vase was very fragile.

 
 

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