Vocabulary Week 15 Part 1

Vocabulary Week 15 Part 1

Moist

• damp

• slightly wet

Moist

The first part of Hurricanes describes how hurricanes form. "They begin life in the warm, moist atmosphere over tropical ocean waters." Moist means damp or slightly wet. Something that is moist is not soaking wet or very wet, it's just a little wet. Hurricanes need a moist, or just a little wet, atmosphere to form.

Moist or Soaking Wet?

Now we will play a game where you decide if something is moist (just a little wet), or soaking wet.

Open Ended

The damp soil of a house plant: moist or soaking wet? Why? (use the sentence stem to help you answer)

"I think it is [moist/soaking wet] because..."

Open Ended

Your hair right after you get out of the swimming pool: moist or soaking wet? Why?

(use the sentence stem to help you answer)

"I think it is [moist/soaking wet] because... "

Open Ended

A sponge that is a little wet: moist or soaking wet? Why? Use the sentence stem to help you answer:

"I think it is [moist/soaking wet] because..."

Multiple Choice

What is the new word we're learning that means "damp or slightly wet?"

• moist

• contact

• typical

Contact

• touch

• communicate

• get in touch with someone

Contact

Hurricanes begin over tropical ocean waters.

"First, the atmosphere gathers heat energy through contact with ocean waters that are above 80 degrees Fahrenheit to a depth of about two hundred feet."

When you come in contact with something, you touch it. Hurricanes form when the atmosphere and ocean waters contact, or touch, each other.

Contact

When you come in contact with something, you touch it.

Open Ended

When have you come in contact with something very hot? What did you do? Use the sentence stem to help you answer:

"I came in contact with something very hot when... I..."

Example: I came in contact with something very hot when I drove through the desert. I rolled up the windows, blasted the air conditioning, and drank a lot of water, and it was still hot!

Open Ended

When have you come in contact with something slippery? What did you do? Use the sentence stem to help you:

"I came in contact with something slipper when... I..."

Open Ended

Think of something that feels soft. What did you feel when you made contact with the soft object? Use the sentence stem to help you:

"When I made contact with _____, I..."

Contact

Contact has 2 different meanings. One meaning is when you touch something. Contact also means "communicate or get in touch with someone." You can:

- call

- text

- email

- write a letter

- talk face-to-face

Open Ended

How might you contact someone who LIVES FAR AWAY? Use the sentence stem to help you answer:

"I might contact someone who lives far away by..."

Open Ended

Who is someone famous you would like to contact? How might you contact that person? Use the sentence stem to help you:

"I would like to contact ______. I might contact them by..."

(Example: I would like to contact the President. I might contact him by writing a letter to the White House.)

Multiple Choice

What is the new word we're learning that means "to touch" or "communicate or get in touch with someone?"

• moist

• contact

• typical

Typical

• if something is typical, it is like others of its type

• it is a good example of its kind

Typical

"When a hurricane grows to full strength, it can kick up waves fifty feet or higher in open ocean waters. Every second, a large hurricane moves more than a million cubic miles of atmosphere. A typical hurricane can dump from six inches to over a foot of rain across a region."

If something is typical, it is like others of its type. A hurricane that produces "six inches to over a foot of rain across a region," is typical, or a good example, of the amount of rain a hurricane usually produces.

Typical

Typical means that something is like others of its type, it is a good example. A typical school, or a school that is like most schools, has teachers, students, classrooms, and a library. A typical winter where we live is cold and the air is dry. That's like most winters here. A typical Saturday for me is doing school work in the morning, and snowboarding in the afternoon.

Open Ended

What is a typical Saturday like for you? Use the sentence stem to help you answer:

"On a typical Saturday..."

Open Ended

What is a typical school morning like for you? Use the sentence stem to help you answer:

"On a typical school morning..."

Multiple Choice

What is the new word we're learning that means "a good example of something" or a way to describe something that is like others of its type?

• moist

• contact

• typical