Dear Primo: A Letter to My Cousin

​Dear Primo: A Letter to My Cousin
Vocabulary

By Maria Torres

The word video describes a recording of movements and actions that you can see on a television or computer screen.

Example:
My family enjoys watching the video my dad made of our last vacation.

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​video

Open Ended

Use the word video in your own sentence.

What are some of your favorite videos?

Multiple Choice

Which word means a recording of movements and actions that you can see on a television or computer screen?

• hydrant

• video

• block

• costumes

A hydrant is an outdoor pipe firefighters use to get water to put out fires.

Example:
The red fire hydrant was easy to see in the snow.

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​hydrant

Open Ended

Use the word hydrant in your own sentence.

Have you ever seen a hydrant that was opened?

Multiple Choice

Which word means is an outdoor pop firefighters use to get water to put out fires?

• hydrant

• video

• block

• costumes

A block is a section of a community with streets on all of its sides.

Example:
My best friend lives on the same neighborhood block as I do.

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​block

Open Ended

Use the word block in your own sentence.

How close is your school to your block?

Multiple Choice

Which word means a section of a community with streets on all of its sides?

• hydrant

• video

• block

• costumes

Costumes are special clothes that people may wear to pretend that they are from another time or place.

Example:
We wore animal costumes for our school play.

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​costumes

Open Ended

Use the word costumes in your own sentence.

When and where did you wear costumes?

Multiple Choice

Which word means special clothes that people may wear to pretend that they are from another time or place?

• hydrant

• video

• block

• costumes

When people march, they walk with even steps, often in a group.

Example:
Whey they march in a parade, the players in the marching band work hard to stay in step and keep their lines straight.

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​march

Open Ended

Use the word march in your own sentence.

Can you think of other situations where people might march?

Multiple Choice

Which word means to walk with even steps, often in a group?

• hydrant

• march

• block

• costumes

Time to use vocabulary words in sentences.

Match

Match the sentence with the correct sentence.

• Last night we watched a ___ about two people sailing around the world.

• The band members who will ___ in the parade must stay in step and stay in tune.

• The firefighters attached a thick hose to the ___ so they could put out the fire.

• The play is set in the 1920s, so we are wearing ___ from that period.

• On the ___ where I live, all the neighbors know each other.

video

march

hydrant

costumes

block

• video

• march

• hydrant

• costumes

• block