Iris and Walter

Amazing Words

Iris and WalterAmazing Words

investigate rural urban creature underground brittle decision dart

investigate

• in – ves – ti – gate• When you investigate something, you try to

find out all about it.• Let’s investigate our new neighborhood.• How would you investigate something inside

a drawer or bag?

rural

• ru - ral• People who live in the country live in a rural

place.• My aunt lives on a farm in a rural part of the

state.• What would you find in a place that is rural?

rural

urban

• ur - ban• People who live in a city live in an urban

place.• There is lots of traffic with cars, trucks, and

buses in an urban place. • If you live in an apartment building, you

probably live in an urban area.• What would you find in a place that is

urban?

urban

creature

• crea - ture• A creature is an animal or person that is living.• Many creatures live in the forest. • I heard a creature making noise in that bush.

underground

• un – der - ground• Underground means under the ground you

walk on.• If you dig a hole, you can find something that

is underground.• Squirrels and chipmunks bury their food in

underground holes.

brittle

• brit - tle• Something that is brittle breaks very easily. • If you drop an egg, you’ll find out that its shell

is brittle.• Some brittle plastic toys shatter and break.

decision

• de – ci - sion• When you make up your mind to do

something, you make a decision. • I made a decision to have a peanut-butter-

and-jelly sandwich for lunch.• You can make your own decision about which

shirt to wear today.

dart

• dart• When something darts, it moves very quickly

from one place to another. • On a windy day, clouds dart across the sky.• Show me how you would dart from one end

of the room to the other.