Valuable Vocabulary!

We have been studying the Text Talk series, working to improve our vocabulary. In the beginning the thought of new words made us cower! We were perplexed by these large words and thought the chances of us being able to use them successfully were bleak. Miss Hoffmann and Miss P tried to reassure us that everything would be alright, but we did not believe them! Now we realize, that was a huge misconception! We were being so melodramatic! With persistence and after removing all distractions, we have begun to rock this new vocabulary! Any doubts we had, have vanished!

Our most recent vocabulary unit focuses on the book, Everybody Cooks Rice, by Norah Dooley. Our new words for this unit are:

boarder: a person who rents a room in a house
community: people with something in common
appetizing: something good to eat
gulped: to drink hurriedly or swallow loudly
grumbling: making complaining noises
diversity: a variety of people or things

Feel free to use these words at home! Look for them each night as your child reads!