Spiders & Their WebsSpiders & Their Webs

Vocabulary ReviewGrassy Lake Elementary School

Third Grade

Justice

• If you treat others fairly, then you are showing justice.

• Now, I will name some situations.• If the situation is an example of justice

being served, you should clap once. If not, you should shake your head.

• Ready?

• Winning by cheating• Paying $10 for an apple• Studying hard to pass a test• Getting praise for doing well

Shallow

• Shallow means not deep.• What types of water would be

considered shallow?• An ocean?• A kiddie pool?• A puddle?• A lake?

Task

• A task is a job that needs to be done• I will name some tasks, if the task is

difficult, wipe your brow.• If the task is easy, give a big grin!

• Lift a boulder• Make a bed• Open a door• Climb a mountain

Prey

• An amimal that is hunted for food is prey.

• Now, I am going to name some creatures.

• If a spider would eat it, you should look frightened.

• If the creature would eat a spider, then you should act like a predator.

• Ready?

Spiral

• Spiral means that something curls around and around in a circle.

• Can you show what a spiral might look like with one finger?

• Which of the following is in a spiral shape?

Curly hair A wound up hose

A beach ball A baseball hat

Reels

• If you are reeling something in, you are pulling it in.

• Read the next two sentences. • Which one has the correct usage of the

word reels?• The cowboy throws out his rope and

reels in the stray calf.• Sam reels the coins into his piggy

bank.

Strands

• Strands are long thin pieces of something.

• In which sentence is the word strands used correctly?

• Strands of fish swam by in the ocean.• The fabric was torn and strands of

thread stuck out.

Social

• A social animal is one that lives in a group with other animals of the same kind.

• Where are some places that you might be social?

At a party In a closet

When asleep On a playground

Elaborate

• Something that is elaborate is decorated with many details.

• Which sentence is correct?

The elaborate dress was covered in ribbons and jewels.

The elaborate directions had only one step.

Inventive• The word inventive

means a person who creates or solves something in a new way.

• If someone does the same thing everyday without changing, are they inventive?

• If someone is always making up poems and stories, are they inventive?

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