Vegetable

Vegetables are

very good for

you.

walnut

A walnut is an

edible nut from

the walnut tree.

Venus flytrap

The plant life of an The Venus flytrap is

area is its vegetation. a plant that catches

and digests bugs.

watermelon

Watermelon is a

You can water plants large, delicious, red

with a watering can.

green rind.

doesn't have its own

support. It grows on

other objects or

creeps along the

ground.

wheat

Wheat is a grain.

Flour is made from

Violets

Violets are deep purple

flowers.

wheelbarrow

A wheelbarrow is a

small cart with one

wheel and two

handles.

ground-up wheat.

wood

Wood is a useful

material obtained

yam

from tree trunks. Yams are sweet

Wood is used to vegetables that grow

make furniture, underground.

build houses, and

make paper.

yard

A yard is a small

outside area.

yucca

Yucca is a plant with

stiff leaves; it lives in

dry areas.

zinnia

Zinnias are pretty

flowers.

zucchini

Zucchini is a

type of squash.

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Vegetation

watering can

fruit with a thick

Prepositions

A preposition is a word that shows the spatial (space), temporal (time), or logical relationship of its object

to the rest of the sentence. The words above, near, at, by, after, with and from are propositions.

above

Above means over

or higher. The cloud

is above the

mountain.

around

When something

is around

something, it is

near or close to it.

behind

When you are behind

something, you are to the

back of it.

between

When something is

between, it is

located in a

position separating

two other items.

inside

The bird is in the

cage.

In front of

The girl on the right

is in front of the

bricks.

Inside on

The bird is inside The vase is on the table.

the cage.

out

He is going out the

door.

outside

When you are

outside, you are not

in a building or other

structure.

with

With means.in the

over

The cloud is over

the mountain.

under

The cat is under

the table.

underground

Many animals live

underground.

company of or

having. The

children above are

with each other.

Shapes

circle

A circle is round.

cone

A cone is a shape that

has a point at one end

and a circular

opening at the other

end.

crescent

A crescent is the

shape of the moon

around the time of

the new moon.

cube

A cube is a solid

geometric figure

with six square

faces.

curve

A curve is a wavy

line or surface.

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cylinder

A cylinder is a figure

with a long round

body .

diamond

A diamond is a four-

sided figure whose

sides are all the same

length. People play

baseball on a

diamond-shaped

field.

dodecahedron

A dodecahedron is a

twelve-sided regular

geometric solid

composed of

pentagons.

ellipse

An ellipse is a

flattened circle.

equilateral

triangle

The sides of an

equilateral triangle

are all the same

length.

heart

The heart is a shape

Fractals are patterns that often symbolizes

within patterns within

patterns.

heptagon

A heptagon is a

seven-sided figure.

hexaflexagon

A hexaflexagon is a

folded geometric

figure that can be

"flexed" to expose

hexagon

A hexagon is a six-

sided figure. Bee

hives have

hexagonal cells.

its many sides.