06/27/2022

 Dear Parents,

Today in class we learned vocabulary words 16 - 24 from week 11. The story was Prudy's Problem. Homework tonight is to write vocabulary words 16 - 24 three times, definitions one time.

Have a great evening.

Regards,

Teacher Ari

Week 11 Vocabulary – Prudy’s Problem and How She Solved It

1. normal: usual or ordinary: not strange

2. collect: to get things and bring them together

3. butterfly: kind of insect with a thin body and brightly colored wings

4. collection: a group of things brought together

5. foil: a very thin and light sheet of metal

6. feather: one of the light growths that cover a bird’s body

7. interesting: attracting your attention: not boring or dull

8. napkin: a small piece of cloth or paper used during a meal to clean your lips and fingers and to protect your clothes

9. keep (kept): to continue having or holding something

10. stuff (stuffed): to fill something so there is no room for anything else

11. unnatural: different from how things usually are in the real world

12. shoelace: long, thin string used to fasten shoes

13. fabric: woven or knitted material

14. scrap: a little, piece of something; often waste

15. fancy: special; not plain or ordinary

16. china: hard white material used to make cups, plates, bowls, etc

17. tuft: small bunch of feathers, hair, grass that grow close together

18. distraction: something that makes it hard to think or pay attention

19. tidy: neat; in good order; not messy

20. clutter: a large amount of things in a place that looks messy

21. unpleasant: not nice; horrible

22. mow: to use a machine to cut grass

23. lawn: a piece of grass often outside a house

24. baffle: confuse or confound

 


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