Think About It

Watching       (Observing) How do children learn?

Playing          (Acting, frolicking) How do children develop?

Siblings         Brothers and sisters

Parents          Mothers and fathers

Courtesy        (Manners) Good behavior

Rudeness       (Lack of courtesy), Bad behavior

Attention        What do children want?

Approval         What do children seek?

Knowledge      What gives us power?

Education       Where does knowledge come from?

Literacy          What is reading and writing?

Literacy          What sets us free?

Abstract          Something you can imagine but not see or touch

Thinking          Working things out in your mind

Idea                A thought

Concrete         Something you can see and touch

Freedom         The worst thing you can lose

Speech           Our most important freedom

Laws               Limits on freedom

Rights             Freedoms we will not give up

Loss               Something taken away

Liberty            Freedom to be able to make choices

Choices          Possibilities

Possibilities    Choices

Choosing        Making choices

Exercising      Using

Training          Watching and learning

Learning         Gaining knowledge

Remember     To know, to recall

Intelligence     The ability to figure things out

Values           Ideas that are important to us

Thinking         What cannot be controlled?

Think             What do humans do?

Control           What do we lose if we misbehave?

Control           What do we gain if we behave?

Temper          How do we show loss of control?

Vocabulary/Spelling Words  02/28/05

1.                  Watching       , how children learn

2.                  Playing          , how children develop

3.                  Siblings          Brothers and sisters

4.                  Parents          Mothers and fathers

5.                  Courtesy       

6.                  Rudeness       Bad behavior, (Lack of courtesy or manners)

7.                  Attention         Looking at, watching, What children seek

8.                  Approval         Valuing, Positive feelings, agreeing with

9.                  Knowledge      Knowing useful things

10.             Education        Learning how to learn and gain knowledge

11.             Literacy           Being able to read and write

12.             Abstract          Something imagined, unseen and untouchable, unreal

13.             Thinking          Working things out in your mind

14.             Idea                 A thought

15.             Concrete         Something you can see and touch, real, solid

16.             Freedom         The ability to make and enjoy choices

17.             Speech            Talk, Our most important freedom

18.             Laws                Limits on freedom, rules made by legislators

19.             Rights              Freedoms we will not give up

20.             Loss                Something taken away

21.             Liberty             Freedom to be able to make and enjoys choices

22.             Choices           Possibilities, Selections

      23.     Training          Watching and learning

      24.     Learning         Gaining knowledge

      25.     Intelligence     The ability to figure things out