Veterans Day Vocabulary Poppy Field

Print the page and read the directions with your child: Choose a Veterans Day word. On the four petals, write the word, its definition, a synonym, and a sentence that uses the word. Then cut out your poppies and plant them together to make a class poppy field. On page 2: Fill in the four petals of each poppy for a new word. Cut along the red outline. Afterward, talk about what they wrote or drew.

Two pages. Page 1 has one large poppy with four petals labeled Vocabulary word, Definition of the word, Synonym of the word and Sentence using the word, and a list of words to choose from: veteran, memorial, service, honor, freedom, courage and ceremony. Page 2 has six smaller poppies with the same four petals for more words. The directions on the page read: Choose a Veterans Day word. On the four petals, write the word, its definition, a synonym, and a sentence that uses the word. Then cut out your poppies and plant them together to make a class poppy field. On page 2: Fill in the four petals of each poppy for a new word. Cut along the red outline.

Yes, both. We made it for 5th Grade academic vocabulary, and the page works the same whether it lands on a kitchen table or a center rotation. At home, most families go through it together and talk the answers out loud, and that talking is where most of the learning happens. In class it runs well as independent work while you pull a small group. Print one copy or thirty, whichever the day needs.

Direction words like analyze, infer, evaluate, summarize and contrast, argument words like claim, reason and evidence, and cross-subject words like significant, impact and obstacle. CCSS L.5.6 asks students to use these general academic words accurately.

5th graders write opinion pieces and read texts that argue a point. Knowing that a claim is the main point and evidence is the facts that support it helps them both write and judge an argument.

Academic words show up most in content reading. The railroad passage puts words like significant and obstacles in context, so students practice using clues to define them the way they will in social studies.

The four academic vocabulary sheets do. The Veterans Day vocabulary poppy field is open, since students choose their own words.