Social Studies Vocab
Academic Vocabulary
A Better Way
The Ant & the Grasshopper
Vowels and Classification
100
This person plants and harvests food and raises animals for meat.
farmer
100
What happens tomorrow or sometime after that is the ......
future
100
What is the term for farmers using the same piece of land over and over again to grow crops?
Sustainable agriculture
100
What was the ant carrying in the story?
A kernel of corn
100
Classification: Which word does not belong in a group of words for the topic agriculture?
A. land
B. seed
C. plant
D. ocean
D. ocean
200
Before planting, farmers have to .... the land.
plow
200
Is using your fingers to count a good ......?
method
200
What is slash-and-burn agriculture?
1. Farmers cut down trees.
2. Farmers burn the dry trees to clear the land.
3. Farmers plant crops. When the land wears out, they clear new land.
200
Why did the ant decline the grasshopper's invitation to dance with him?
Because he was busy gathering food for the winter
200
The 'hands' of a dog are called its ....
paws
300
Farmers grow large amounts of food called...
crops
300
The mother bird gives her baby birds a worm to ....... them.
sustain
300
What is the 5x5 system?
Segura and Simoes teach one family how to grow crops that don't ruin the land. Then that family teaches five new families what they learned. Each new family teaches five more families.
300
Why was the grasshopper lamenting/crying at the end of the story?
Because he was hungry and had no food to eat; he didn't gather food for the winter.
300
How do you spell this word?
chalk
400
Once the plants are ripe and ready to be picked, the farmers ....... the crops.
harvest
400
An apple is a healthy ........... to candy.
alternative
400
What is the main idea of the article?
Farming must be limited! People must not farm too much.
400
What is the moral of this story?
When someone tells you to save for the future, listen.
400
We saw the rocket ......
launch
500
Farmers go to school to study this...
agriculture
500
............ of water is important - not wasting
conservation
500
What is the genre of this article?
Persuasive Article - states an opinion about an issue and gives evidence to support it
500
What is the genre of this story?
Fable - a story that teaches a lesson, or moral, about life. Many fables have animals as characters.
500
What are two ways to spell the a sound as in father?
aw and au