Vocabulary: A Movie in My Pillow

Vocabulary: A Movie in My Pillow

by Myra Cephas

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​normalizing: It's normal that we make mistakes when we are using words for the first times. We can use our mistakes to help us think about how to improve, and we can keep trying and working hard until we get it right.

​Peter was ________ to go outside and play in the snow.

​If you are _____ for something, you want it very much and feel sad not to have it.

​yearning

​yearn-ing

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What are some things you are yearning to do? How do you think your parents would feel about it? Is this something new or have you done it before?

​The plant is _______ under the grandfather's care.

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​If something is _____, it is growing and successful.

​flourishing

​flour-ish-ing

​Which plant is flourishing? What are

some things plants need to flourish?

​The rich soil...

​She is _____ to have won all four games!

​Someone who is _____ is lucky.

​fortunate

​for-tu-nate

​In what ways are you fortunate? What can you do to help others who are not as fortunate as you?

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​flourishing

​yearning

​fortunate

Writers often ____ a book to ​someone, usually in the first few pages, to show their admiration or affection.

​Writers often _____ their book to someone, usually in the first pages of the book, to show their love and admiration.

​dedicate

​ded-i-cate (v.)

​If you wrote a book, what would it be about? Who would you dedicate is to? Why would you dedicate the book to that person?

​My _____ gather together for our family reunion.

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____ are the people in your family.​

​relatives

​rel-a-tives (n.)

​Do you come from a large or small family? Who are your closest relatives? Who are the oldest relatives? Who are your youngest relatives?

Some of the ____ items will go to the landfill, but others will be recycled. ​

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​A ____ object is one that has been thrown away.

​discarded

​dis-card-ed

​Think about a time when you organized and room and discarded some items. How did you decide which items to be discarded? What did you do with the discarded items?

​dedicate

​discarded

​relatives

​yearning

dedicated

discarded

fortunate

flourishing

relatives

​Which word?

​is easiest to say?

​is hardest to say?

​is easiest to understand?

​is most difficult to understand?

​did you already know?