Grade 5-6: Vocabulary Lesson for Thursday, Week 8

This week's theme is: Food

Word List 8

1. edible: can be eaten
2. aroma: an odor or smell
3. banquet: a formal dinner for many people
4. beverage: a liquid for drinking, but not water
5. bland: having little taste, dull
6. preserve: to prevent food from spoiling
7. artificial: made by man , not natural

Thursday Activities

1. Click on Word Jungle. Turn the dial to 5th grade and then click Start. Choose correct meaning of given word to swing in jungle
2. Create your own worksheet using your vocabulary words and your own definitions with this Worksheet Creator. Type your vocabulary words in the left column and the definitions in the right column. There is room on this worksheet for 10 words. Think of other words you know and type the words and definitions in the blank lines to complete the list. Click on "Generate Worksheet" at the bottom
3. 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.

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 cake she baked was hardly edible.
Some experiments in the kitchen turn out not to be edible.

The pie had a pleasing aroma.
The aroma of cookies filled the house.

We have a banquet to honor my mother.
I did not like the food at the banquet.

A cold beverage helps keep me cool on a hot day.
You should not drink any caffeinated beverage 2 hours before going to sleep.

The vegetables were very bland.
I would rather have bland food than spicy food.

You can preserve food by keeping it cool in a refrigerator.
Many cookies have ingredients in them to preserve the freshness.

A lot of beverages have artificial flavoring.
Some cereals have artificial colors added in to make the product more attractive for children.

 
 

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