Showing posts with label word bank. Show all posts
Showing posts with label word bank. Show all posts

Monday, 28 July 2014

Word bank beginninings

As the camp progresses, these vocabulary lists will grow.

'look' word family
look, see, view, study, observe, glance, stare, read,

colours 
"light blue", "dark blue " - probably better than "navy", "aqua", "sky"...
How many colours should the kids learn?  Or know already?


Insect common names:
ant, dragonfly, fly, cricket, cicada, grasshopper, bee (wasp, hornet), preying mantis, cockroach, beetle,

Other invertebrates:
spider, centipede, worm, roly-poly, 

Shapes:
round, oval, square, triangular, cylindrical
egglike, bread-shaped, 
thumbnail sized, bigger than, smaller than, 

Tree/plant names and parts:
grass, tree, vine, flower, plant
root, stem, stalk, trunk, leaf, flower, branch, twig, bough, bark, thorn, spine, fruit, seed, needle (pine leaf)

Maps and directions:
North, East, South, West, up, down, above, below, next to, on, near, under, in

Movement:
inch, crawl, hide, squirm, struggle, 

activities:
eat, drink, hunt, 

behaviors: 
defensive, hunt, warn, display,