Vocabulary Parade

Our Family Gathering is Friday, March 28. Please be sure to choose a word with your child. Once your child's word is chosen, please sign up on the wiki (or email me):

http://campus-school.wikispaces.com/Family+Gathering-Vocabulary+Parade

I am asking that ALL words be chosen by next Friday, March 7.

Vocabulary Parade Description:
Each child learns a new word and depicts themselves as that word. It is a learning experience for themselves, plus any of their friends in the audience that remembers what they dressed as. In order to save valuable instructional time, I am asking the families to chose a word with your child (that they do not already know) and create a depiction (costume) of that word. In addition, your child must be able to say the word and give a short definition of it. It is usually easiest to choose an adjective, but feel free to choose anything.

Hopscotch Homefun

Vocabulary Homefun - Hopscotch

Each week, your child will write down 8-12  vocabulary words in their Vocabulary Journal.

They will be required to complete 4 activities each week from the hopscotch, and turn in the journal by Friday morning.

Then, on Friday, there will be an assessment on these words.

The Hopscotch Directions: (Click here for the hopscotch directions.)

1st jump: Write the definition for EACH word. (The students may take their unit study text book home with them to accomplish this task.)

2nd jump: Choose between writing a sentence or drawing a picture for EACH word.

3rd jump: Write EACH word in alphabetical order.

4th jump: Choose between creating and completing a crossword puzzle for EACH word or writing a story with at least 8 words.   Starts next week

Vocabulary for Because of Winn-Dixie

Vocabulary for next week with the part of speech needed for some of the definitions. (This is all of the words. These words are due next Friday, Sept 7.)

1. dramatic
2. fit (n)
3. tearing (v)
4. roundabout
5. abiding
6. typhoid
7. lozenge
8. melancholy

Reading Homefun will only be 3 worksheets in the packet. (One of the worksheets will have an X through it. This is the one to skip! Unless you really want to work on it.)

Vocabulary for Because of Winn-Dixie

Vocabulary for next week with the part of speech needed for the definition. (This is all of the words. We reduced the list to eight words. These words are due next Friday, August 31.)

1. snuffled (v)
2. palmetto (n) -as in a palmetto tree
3. prideful (adj.) the arrogant definition
4. installment plan (n)
5. drooped (v)
6. rely (v)
7. barreling (online it says its the slang definition) Example: "He went barreling through the crowd."
8. pathological (adj). the habitual definition

Vocabulary homefun Starts Next Week

Each child has a set of index cards with each required vocabulary word already written in the middle.

In the top left corner, your child must look up the word and write the definition from a dictionary (online dictionaries are fine). (The words that have multiple meanings are listed below.)

In the top right corner, write a sentence using the word that shows you understand it. (Underline the word.)

In the bottom left corner, draw a picture representing the word.

In the bottom right corner, write a synonym OR write the meaning of the word in your (as in your child)'s own words.

Turn in by Friday morning.

 

 Multiple definition words: (These are not all of the words. These are just the ones I found online with multiple meanings)

admit: (use the confess definition)
constellation: (use the group of stars definition)
display: (use the noun definition)
judge: (use the verb defintion)
misssionary (use the noun defintion)
nudge: (use noun definition)
produce: (use the noun defintion)

 



Vocabulary Hopscotch Homefun Puzzle Maker

For the hopscotch, the fourth jump has the choice of making a cross-word puzzle.  This is different than the word search.

There are free online programs to do this with much ease.

1. Google Puzzle Maker
2. Click on the link for Discovery Education's Puzzle Maker
3. Click on the puzzle entitled Criss-Cross
4. And your child is now at the free crossword puzzle maker (or follow this link PuzzleMaker)

The reason we have changed it to a crossword versus a word search is so the student has more exposure with the defintion. A wordsearch puzzle is best for helping with spelling, however, the focus of this exercise is to aid in learning the meaning of each word.

The clue will be the definition, and the answer will be the vocabuarly word.

Vocabulary Homefun for after Winter Break

No more Wordly Wise!

However, we are sticking with the vocabulary theme to make their homefun as purposeful as possible.

•  Each week, your child will write down 8-12 Unit Study words in their Word Wall Journal.

• They will be required to complete 4 activities each week from the hopscotch, and turn in the journal by Friday morning.
•  Then, on Friday, as part of our Unit Study test, these words will appear!

The Hopscotch Directions: (Click on the title of this post for the hopscotch directions.)

1st jump: Write the definition for EACH word. (The students may take their unit study text book home with them to accomplish this task.)

2nd jump: Choose between writing a sentence or drawing a picture for EACH word.

3rd jump: Write EACH word in alphabetical order.

4th jump: Choose between creating and completing a crossword puzzle for EACH word or writing a story with at least 8 words.