Just Around the Corner

Academic Concepts & Vocabulary

Social Studies

Communities
city, class, country, family, live, neighborhood, work

City Features
building, fountain, lake, park, road, skyscraper, etc.


Neighborhood Places
apartment building, auto garage, bakery, bicycle shop, bookstore, etc.


Goods
bicycle, book, bread, dress, drink, eggs, ice cream, jacket, etc.

Services
auto garage, barbershop, car wash, doctor’s office, karate school, Laundromat, etc.


Signs
stop, enter, exit


Needs and Wants
buy, sell, etc.


Errands
cut hair, fix car, etc.


Transportation
airplane, bike, boat, car, rocket, train, truck, etc.


Family Members
mother, mom, mamá, papá, father, etc.
 


Family Activities
go grocery shopping, go to the Laundromat, etc.

Physical Science

Force

magnet, pull, push

Earth Science

Air, Land, Sky, Sea, Water

Life Science

Parts of the Body
arm, body, foot, hand, head, leg, shoulder, etc.

Language Arts
Formal and Informal Language


Sound Words
beep, honk, etc.

Mathematics

Money
dime, dollar, nickel, quarter

Everyday Vocabulary

Greetings and Farewells


Times of the Day
morning, etc.
 

Books


 
City Sounds 
Craig Brown 
City Street
 Douglas Florian 
Daddies 
Adele Aron Greenspun 
On a Hot, Hot Day 
Nicki Weiss 
One Hot Summer
Nina Crews 
People, People, Everywhere! 
Nancy Van Laan 
Sing a Song of People 
 Lois Lenski
Sun Sand Sea Sail
 Nicki Weiss
   
   
   
   
The vocabulary and book list on this page are provided in the series
"Into English!"
by

Hampton Brown.
 


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