morning girl vocabulary

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1. brows - lines of short hair that grow directly above the eyes

2. gently- in a soft, careful way; with kindness; kindly;

3. remain- to stay, stay on;  to stay the same or in the same place, position, or situation; to last or endure; to continue

4. suggested- proposed or offered an idea; recommended

5. tide- the daily rise and fall of the ocean level because of the moon's pull on the Earth

6. dawn- the time in the morning when daylight first begins

7. cruel- causing suffering or pain

8. limb (of a tree)- one of the larger branches of a tree

9. grove- a group of trees

10. embers- small, glowing pieces of coal or wood (in a dying fire)

11. drift- to wander; to be carried along by water or wind

12.  insist- to demand

13.  midst- the middle; center; being surrounded by something

14.  boulder- a large, rounded rock

15. pry/pried – to force open; to look into something excessively

16. grasp/grasped-  to hold on to; to understand

17. twitch- to shake;  to move suddenly

18.  assemble-  to make

body systems vocabulary

Body Systems Vocabulary

1. tissue- a group of cells that work together to do a certain job

2. organ – a group of tissues that work together to do a certain job

3. digestive system- the organ system that breaks down food into chemical nutrients the body can use. The stomach and intestines are 2 of its main organs.

4. excretory system- the system that removes wastes from the body.  It is made up of the kidneys and the bladder.

5. circulatory system- a group of organs that transports needed materials in your blood throughout the body.  It is made up of the heart, veins and arteries.

6. respiratory system- a group of organs and tissues that exchange oxygen and carbon dioxide between your body and the environment.  Its main organs are the lungs.

7.  nervous system- the system that transmits information, in the form of electrochemical impulses, throughout the body. It is made up of  the brain, spinal cord, and nerves.

8. brain- an organ that controls body activities, movement, thought, memory and emotion.  It receives and interprets impulses from the entire body.

9. heart- an organ of the circulatory system that pumps blood throughout the body

10. stomach- a baglike organ of the digestive system that has strong muscles that mix food with digestive juices.

11. kidney- an organ that filters out the wastes from our blood, helping to excrete them from out body. (humans have 2 kidneys)

12.  lung- an organ that helps the blood absorb oxygen.  (we have 2)

13. capillary- a tiny blood vessel that helps materials exchange between the blood and the bodies cells

14. artery- a blood vessel that carries blood from the heart to the rest of the body

15. vein- a blood vessel that carries blood from different parts of the body back to the heart.

16 nerve- fibers of neurons that carry sensory and motor information throughout the body in the form of electrical impulses (how the body sends signals back to the spinal cord and to the brain).

MONDAY- fill out body charts with definitions under the words or on a separate paper if needed

TUESDAY- write the definitions of words that were not on the chart

WEDNESDAY- crossword

THURSDAY- Study (need to know definitions and be able to find where body parts are on a diagram like the one in your homework).

FRIDAY- Test

body systems

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Body Systems Research

We have begun work on our body systems group project.  Your child has been assigned to  one of the following groups: Respiratory System, Digestives System, Circulatory system, Excretory System, Nervous System.  Please use this sheet to do more research  on your body system. You may a use a book or the internet- links on my blog  and listed below.  If you finish researching your own system, check out the others... we will be having a test on all them the following week.

http://kidshealth.org/kid/htbw/

http://kidshealth.org/kid/closet/movies/how_the_body_works_interim.html

http://www.kidsbiology.com/human_biology/index.php

http://kids.discovery.com/tell-me/science/body-systems

http://www.kidskonnect.com/subject-index/31-health/337-human-body.html

Body System: ______________________________________________________

What is the purpose of this body system?

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What are the body parts used in this system?

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Describe how this body system works?

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problematic words

Problematic words that are often misused

1. their

2. there

3. they’re

4. two

5. to

6. too

7. whose

8. who’s

9.  your

10.  you’re

11.  it’s

12. its

13. then

14. than

a conjunction used to compare	references time; next or after; in addition to; there for
a contraction for it is	a possessive pronoun for it
possessive pronoun for they	a contraction for they are
an adverb showing direction	the number 2
in the direction of	more than enough/also
contraction for who is	a possessive pronoun for who
contraction for you are	a possessive pronoun for you