1. Robust Vocabulary: Transformation in the Classroom Roberta Jacobs Castle Hills Elementary Third Grade Teacher

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3. Robust Vocabulary, Day 1 Created by Roberta Jacobs

4. individually If you speak to your friends, one at a time, you speak to them individually. Do you eat raisins individually or do you eat several at a time? Click Here

5. affordable If you have enough money to buy something, that thing is affordable. If you buy affordable clothes, are you likely to have more clothes or fewer clothes?

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7. effective When you get the result you want, then your actions have been effective. What is the most effective way to make a snowman?

8. clutter If a place such as your desk or your room has clutter, it is messy and full of things you do not really need. Where might you find clutter in your house?

9. Where do the images come from?

10. flustered If something flustered you, it made you forget what you were saying or doing. Have you ever been flustered by a loud noise?

11. presentation If you describe or perform something in front of a group or people, you are putting on a presentation. Describe a time when someone presented to you.

12. mentioned If you mentioned something, you talked about it briefly. Where is someplace you have mentioned you would like to go?

13. beckoned If you beckoned to someone, you used your hand to signal him or her to come to you. What would you do if a crossing guard beckoned to you?

14. remark A remark is something that is said about something. What would you remark after you saw your favorite movie?

15. visible When something is visible, you can see it. When would the moon be visible?