1. What Scientists Do Spelling and Vocabulary

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5. Vocabulary

6. knew Define: know in past tense
Example: I knew the answers to all of the questions on the quiz.
Chinese: 知道(過去式)
Ask: Before I started grade one I knew how to…

7. kind
Define: When you sort something, you are making groups of different kinds.
Example: My favorite kind of ice cream is chocolate.
Chinese: 種類
Ask: What is your favorite kind of fruit?

8. house Define: the place where you and your family live
Example: My house has three bedrooms.
Chinese: 房子
Ask: What is your
favorite room in your
house?

9. friends Define: the people you want to play with and spend time with
Example: I invited my friends to my birthday party.
Chinese: 朋友(複數型)
Ask: Who is your best
friend?

10. by Define: close to something else
Example: There is a 7-11 by my house.
Chinese: 在…旁邊；靠近
Ask: Who do you sit by?

11. far Define: not close to something
Example: Hong Kong is far away from Taipei.
Chinese: 遠的
Ask: Can you think of other places that are
far away?

12. curious
Define: when you are curious about something, you want to know more about it
Example: He was curious about animals, so he read many books about animals.
Chinese: 好奇的
Ask: What are you curious about?

13. idea Define: a thought that could become something real
Example: I have an idea for a creation that does my homework for me!
Chinese: 主意
Ask: What is your best
idea?

14. lightning Define: the light that
comes from the sky during a thunderstorm.
Example: They ran back inside the house when they saw the lightning.
Chinese: 閃電
Ask: What do you call the sound that lightning makes?

15. sky Define: The sky is the air or space above the earth.
Example: The sky is very cloudy today.
Chinese: 天空
Ask: What does
the sky look like
today?

16. electricity
Define: electricity is what makes machines likes lights, computers, and TVs work.
Example: We had no electricity during the typhoon.
Chinese: 電力
Ask: What other
machines use
electricity?

17. iron Define: a kind of hard metal
Example: The jet is made with iron so it is very strong.
Chinese: 鐵
Ask: If you were to
recycle iron, which bin
would you put it in?

18. sparks Define: the small bits of light that can start a fire
Example: The match sparked and then lit the candle.
Chinese: 火光，火星(複數型)
Ask: What else can
make a spark?

19. key Define: the small piece of metal used to open doors
Example: If I do not bring my key with me, I can’t get in my house!
Chinese: 鑰匙ㄕ
Ask: What else uses
a key to open it? ‧

20. scientists Define: people who use their ideas to make new creations
Example: I want to be a scientist and make new creations.
Chinese: 科學家(複數型)
Ask: What else do
you think scientists do?

21. microscope
Define: a machine used to make very small things look bigger
Example: The scientist used a microscope to look at tiny insects.
Chinese: 顯微鏡
Ask: What else could
you look at with a
microscope?

22. photographs Define: pictures taken with a camera
Example: My grandmother has lots of photographs in her house.
Chinese: 照片(複數型)
Ask: Do your mom and dad like to take photographs of you?

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24. Talk about it What is a scientist? What kinds of questions
do scientists ask?
Why would a scientist use a magnifying glass?
What could you look at
with a magnifying glass?