These words merit less time and attention These words merit more time and attention (They are concrete and easy to explain, or describe events/ (They are abstract, have multiple meanings, and/or are a part processes/ideas/concepts/experiences that are familiar to your students ) of a large family of words with related meanings. These words are likely to describe events, ideas, processes or experiences that most of your student will be unfamiliar with) Page 1 - flipping turning over Page 3 - uneventfully with no surprises or excitement – – Page 4 off” started by Page 12 - varied changed over time, differed – “touched – – Page 11 prepared for something – – Page 15 - surrounding all the oceans that were around them Weather terms – Page 15 richer better (or healthier soil) Page 10 prediction to say that something will happen before it – – – – Page 16 was delicious” life was good happens, telling what weather will happen in the future – “life – Page 16 a turn for the worse” things got really bad Page 12 brief shower little rain not lasting very long – “took – – – Page 17 gorgonzola a cheese with a strong that comes Page 13 in from the northwest” winds coming from the – – – “blew – from Italy northwest direction Page 17 broccoli a green vegetable with little green buds Page 13 to the east and brought…”the wind changed – – – “shifted Page 17 brussel sprouts a vegetable that like little direction and brought a different kind of weather – – cabbages Page 13 drizzle soft rain – – Page 17 pea soup fog very thick fog that is hard to see through Page 14 becoming heavy at times large amounts of rain or – – – – Page 18 portions amount, or size, of the serving of food snow some of the time – – Page 18 - frequently happening very often Page 14 occasional happening sometimes, but not regularly – – – Page 20 ate themselves sick ate until they had a bad Page 14 gradual clearing clouds going away slowly over time – – – – stomachache Page 18 violent storms storms that caused a lot of damage – – – Page 21 accompanied by happened at the same time hurricanes storms with very strong winds that usually begin over – – – Page 21 sneezed themselves silly sneezed a lot large bodies of water like an ocean. – – Page 21 pulp the soft inside part of the tomato Page 21 tornado another storm with strong winds that twist – – – – and destroy buildings and trees.
These words merit less time and attention (They are concrete and easy to explain, or describe events/ processes/ideas/concepts/experiences that are familiar to your students ) These words merit more time and attention (They are abstract, have multiple meanings, and/or are a part of a large family of words with related meanings. These words are likely to describe events, ideas, processes or experiences that most of your student will be unfamiliar with) Page 1 - flipping – turning over Page 4 – “touched off” – started by Page 11 – prepared – for something Page 15 - surrounding – all the oceans that were around them Page 15 – richer – better (or healthier soil) Page 16 – “life was delicious” – life was good Page 16 – “took a turn for the worse” – things got really bad Page 17 – gorgonzola – a cheese with a strong that comes from Italy Page 17 – broccoli – a green vegetable with little green buds Page 17 – brussel sprouts – a vegetable that like little cabbages Page 17 – pea soup fog – very thick fog that is hard to see through Page 18 – portions – amount, or size, of the serving of food Page 18 - frequently – happening very often Page 20 – ate themselves sick – ate until they had a bad stomachache Page 21 – accompanied by – happened at the same time Page 21 – sneezed themselves silly – sneezed a lot Page 21 – pulp – the soft inside part of the tomato Page 3 - uneventfully – with no surprises or excitement Page 12 - varied – changed over time, differed Weather terms Page 10 – prediction – to say that something will happen before it happens, telling what weather will happen in the future Page 12 – brief shower – little rain not lasting very long Page 13 – “blew in from the northwest” – winds coming from the northwest direction Page 13 – “shifted to the east and brought…”the wind changed direction and brought a different kind of weather Page 13 – drizzle – soft rain Page 14 – becoming heavy at times – large amounts of rain or snow some of the time Page 14 – occasional – happening sometimes, but not regularly Page 14 – gradual clearing – clouds going away slowly over time Page 18 – violent storms – storms that caused a lot of damage – hurricanes – storms with very strong winds that usually begin over large bodies of water like an ocean. Page 21 – tornado – another storm with strong winds that twist and destroy buildings and trees.
cloudy_with_a_chance_of_meatballs_1_lit.docx