leap field swim (verb) (noun) (verb)

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1 WORDS IN CONTEXT DAY 1 (Page 1 of 2) leap (verb) To leap is to jump far or to jump high in the air. Frogs have long back legs to leap. A circus tiger can leap through a ring of fire. field (noun) It rained last night, and now the soccer field is too wet to play on. They are going to build a school on the empty field, or meadow, behind my house. The deer like to eat the clover that grows in the field. swim (verb) I like to watch the otters swim at the aquarium. Fish move through the water using fins, but people swim using their arms and legs. People say that Sam can swim like a fish.

2 WORDS IN CONTEXT DAY 1 (Page 2 of 2) escape (verb) meadow (noun) ditch (noun) To escape is to flee from or avoid being captured. The fastest animals usually escape from predators, but young, old, or ill animals are often captured. Two prisoners tried to escape from prison, but they were caught. A meadow is a flat, open area of land where grass is the main type of plant. They allow their neighbor's sheep to graze in their meadow, or pasture. One meaning of the word "meadow" is a field with grass that is cut every year to make hay. People might dig a ditch so that rainwater on a roadway or a field has a way to drain. Snakes and other animals may live in a ditch, or trench. My car got stuck in a ditch, and I had to call a tow truck to pull it out.

3 Name: WORD SMART DAY 1 (Page 1 of 1) INSTRUCTIONS: Have students write a word in each box and then draw a picture that defines it. Word: Draw: Word: Draw: Word: Draw: Word: Draw:

4 leap to jump a long distance or high in the air (verb) WORD CARD DEFINITION CARD field land with few or no trees; an area where contests are held (noun) WORD CARD DEFINITION CARD swim to move along on or in the water using one's body (verb) WORD CARD DEFINITION CARD

5 escape to break free from or avoid being captured (verb) WORD CARD DEFINITION CARD meadow a grassland (noun) WORD CARD DEFINITION CARD ditch a low, narrow area on the side of a road or field (noun) WORD CARD DEFINITION CARD

6 ANALOGIES DAY 2 (Page 1 of 2) Name: An analogy shows a relationship between two sets of words. The words in the first pair must have the same relationship as the words in the second pair. To complete an analogy with a missing word, you must first discover the relationship between the completed pair. (Example: Cat is to meow as dog is to bark.) crawled basketball ran capture woods river INSTRUCTIONS: Have students determine the relationship between the first pair of words. Then have them use the words in the word box to complete the second pair of words. Ditch is to road...as... bank is to Swim is to swam...as... run is to Meadow is to field...as... forest is to 4. Field is to football...as... court is to

7 ANALOGIES DAY 2 (Page 2 of 2) Name: An analogy shows a relationship between two sets of words. The words in the first pair must have the same relationship as the words in the second pair. To complete an analogy with a missing word, you must first discover the relationship between the completed pair. (Example: Cat is to meow as dog is to bark.) crawled basketball ran capture woods river INSTRUCTIONS: Have students determine the relationship between the first pair of words. Then have them use the words in the word box to complete the second pair of words. 5. Escape is to break free...as... catch is to 6. Leap is to leapt...as... crawl is to

8 CLOZE SENTENCES DAY 2 (Page 1 of 2) Name: leap field swim escape meadow ditch INSTRUCTIONS: Have students use the vocabulary words in the word box above to complete the sentences below. Tall weeds grow in the road. by the side of the Can you other? from one end of the pool to the If animals break free. from a zoo, they Wildflowers are growing in the Cattle and sheep often graze in a

9 CLOZE SENTENCES DAY 2 (Page 2 of 2) Name: leap field swim escape meadow ditch INSTRUCTIONS: Have students use the vocabulary words in the word box above to complete the sentences below. 6. I watched the boy across the creek.

10 EXPLORATION DAY 3 INSTRUCTIONS: Assign one or more of the following activities to reinforce the function of verbs. VERBS Make a Sentence Materials: Word cards, box or envelope, strips of paper Place all the word cards in a box or envelope. Have students pull out a word card and use their chosen word to create a written or oral sentence. Mime It! Materials: Word cards, box or envelope Place all the word cards in a box or envelope. Have students pull out a word card and act it out. Have classmates try to guess the word. The first player to correctly guess the word gets to keep the word card. The player holding the most word cards at the end of the game wins. Pick a Synonym or Antonym Materials: Word cards, action cards Place all the word and action cards in a box or envelope. Have students pull out a card and, if applicable, give a synonym or antonym for the chosen word. (You may choose to omit words that do not have synonyms or antonyms, or you may choose to include them as points of discussion.) True or False? Materials: Vocabulary word list Place the vocabulary word list where everyone can see it, and have students gather in a circle. Invite the first student to create a sentence with one of the verbs from the word list using the initial frame: A (noun) can (verb). [For example, using the vocabulary word race, a student might say: A car can race.] Then, the next student in the circle completes the sentence by adding the second frame: A car can race, but it can never (verb), true or false? [A car can race, but it can never jog, true or false?] Then, have the next student tell whether he or she believes the sentence to be true or false. If the student guesses correctly, he or she can start a new sentence using another vocabulary word. If the student guesses incorrectly, he or she loses the opportunity to start a sentence, and play continues with the next player.

11 CONCEPT COMPLETION DAY 4 (Page 1 of 1) Name: INSTRUCTIONS: Have students use what they know about the vocabulary words to complete the following sentences. You can find a ditch The antelope managed to escape from I decided not to swim in the lake because 4. A meadow is an area of land that 5. A cat can leap 6. A soccer field is

12 ASSESSMENT DAY 5 (Page 1 of 1) Name: INSTRUCTIONS: Have students choose the best answer to complete each statement. Some people can leap across a creek an ocean a lake 4. A synonym for escape is stumble become angry flee It is messy to play on a field when the weather is hot wet cool Fish use their to swim. arms and legs scales and gills fins and tails A meadow is not the same as a field lawn pasture A ditch is than the land around it. warmer higher lower