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May 15, 2006
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Congratulations, Kids! You've completed learning the next round of vocabulary words, and now it's time to review. | |
gallonWhich Means:The amount of liquid that a big plastic milk jug can hold; four quarts. As In:
Heads Up!It might sound as if the ending of this word is -en, but it's -on! |
poundWhich Means:The weight of 4 sticks of butter together; 16 ounces. As In:
Heads Up!This word rhymes with 'sound' and is spelled the same except for the P! |
gramWhich Means:The weight of one raisin or one sugar packet. As In:
Heads Up!G always sounds like "guh" in front of consonants, A, O, and U. Before E and I it usually sounds like J. |
massWhich Means:A measure of how much stuff or thickness something has in it. As In:
Heads Up!Don't forget this word has two Ss and the ending is -es for more than one: three masses. |
ounceWhich Means:The weight of about 7 new pencils. As In:
Heads Up!The vowels at the beginning of this word sound like 'Ow!' even though they are spelled 'ou.' |
pintWhich Means:As much milk as is in two little boxes in the cafeteria; 16 ounces. As In:
Heads Up!This word has a long I sound, like 'eye'. |
measureWhich Means:To find out the size of something. As In:
Heads Up!The ending -ure sounds like -er but the S sounds like the 'S' in Asia. |
scaleWhich Means:An instrument or machine for weighing things. As In:
Heads Up!The letter 'A' always sounds like A before a consonant and a silent E, like 'ate', 'came', and this word. |
decadeWhich Means:A time measure of 10 years. As In:
Heads Up!The prefix dec- or deca- always means ten. |
meterWhich Means:The length of almost 40 inches, 6 inches longer than a yard stick. As In:
Heads Up!The meter is part of the metric system of measuring things, created in Europe in the 1700s. The US is one of the only countries that doesn't use the metric system, but instead uses the old English Imperial System. |
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We are out of milk; would you run to the store and get a gallon?
One record shows that a girl ate a 5-pound hamburger in one hour!
A US nickel weighs 5 grams.
A cannonball has more mass than a balloon even though they are the same size.
Please give me 6 _ounces_ of turkey.
I only need one pint of milk for this recipe.
Double measure how long the board should be before you cut the wood.
At the grocery store, you can use the scale to see how much your vegetables weigh.
If I was 15 years old two decades ago, how old am I now?
The Tyrannosaurus rex was several meters long and tall, and weighed 5-7 tons.© 2004-2011 Lexiteria, LLC