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Thanksgiving Day Vocabulary Word Puzzle #3 — myvocabulary.com

  • The Interactive Lesson Plan puzzle is 1 of 8 vocabulary activities and word puzzles.
  • Use the Greek and Latin word root word list to select the correct answer. Email your answers to friends, family and teachers.
  • The AUDIO word story is available in all Root Words Lesson Plans #1 through #6.
  • Common Core alignment to a Interactive Puzzle is to 4 key phrases: "Grade Level", "Greek and Latin Roots", "Precise Meaning" and "Context". CCSS Alignment Strand numbers for Specific Grades: Grade Level: "CCSS.ELA-Literacy." precedes these numbers: 2.4, 3.4, 4.4, 5.4, 6.4, 7.4, 8.4, 9-10.4, 11-12.4 Greek & Latin Roots: "CCSS.ELA-Literacy." precedes these numbers: 2.4b+c, 3.4b+c, 4.4b, 5.b, 6.4b, 7.4b, 8.4b, 9-10.4b, 11-12.4b Precise Meaning: "CCSS.ELA-Literacy." precedes these numbers: 2.4e, 3.4d, 4.4c, 5.4c, 6.4c, 7.4c, 8.4c, 9-10.4c, 11-12.4c Context: "CCSS.ELA-Literacy." precedes these numbers: 2.4a, 3.4a, 4.4a, 5.4a, 6.4a, 7.4a, 8.4a, 9-10.4a, 11-12.4a
Directions:

To solve the Thanksgiving Day vocabulary puzzle use the Latin root or word part, the word definition, part of speech and the Thanksgiving vocabulary word list. Put your answers INSIDE the word boxes and move down to the next Thanksgiving Day word puzzle. When you hit Submit, you will get back the correct answers, the use of the Thanksgiving Day vocabulary word list in a sentence and the percentage score for correct answers.

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Clue:

In addition to this interactive Thanksgiving Day vocabulary word puzzle, myvocabulary.objectsdev.com also offers a Fill-in-the-Blanks, Word Search, Crossword, Definition Match, True or False, Synonym or Antonym and a Concentration activity. A Thanksgiving vocabulary list of 232 words is included on the homepage on the menu bar.
Click on the 425 Word Lists also located in the top menu bar on the home page.

You have permission to make a hard copy for further Thanksgiving Day vocabulary word puzzles at home or in the classroom.

A Thanksgiving Day brain teaser from myvocabulary.objectsdev.com:
Do you know the names of different animal sounds? Can you list the names of a group of specific animals?
Answers:

  • SOUNDS: turkey-gobble; goose-honk; hog-oink; elephant-trumpet; chickens-peep; lion-roar; donkey-bray; hyena-laugh; bears-growl; ducks-quack; hawks-screech; hens-cackle; quail-peep; baby-waah;
  • GROUPS: rafter of turkeys; gaggle of geese; drift of hogs; litter of pigs; pride of elephants/lions; rag of donkeys/colts; span of mules; peep of chickens; sloth of bears; puddling/brace of ducks; cast of hawks; brood of hens; bevy of quail
  • More data on this kind of vocabulary for animal sounds or groups of animals can be found at the link – http://www.seaworld.org/animal-info/animal-bytes/index.htm
Vocabulary Word List:

Thanksgiving Day vocabulary word list:
blessing, celebration, colony, cornucopia, cranberry, dressing, feast, giblet, gobble, grandmother, harvest, Indian, maize, Mayflower, November, observation, pilgrim, pilgrimage, Plymouth, pumpkin, stuffing, Thanksgiving, turkey, Wampanoag

1) The act of watching, noticing, regarding attentively or enjoying as a holiday Root SERV = serve, keep

2) To make the characteristic throaty cry of the male turkey Root (Dutch) “gabbelen” = expressive

3) Special services or activities in honor or commemoration of a particular man, act, time or day Root CELEBR = solemnize, honor

4) An unusually delicious, rich and abundant meal prepared for a number of guests Root FESTUM = feast, holiday

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