Theme 1 – Silly Stories Dragon Gets By

balanced A form of balance: A balanced meal includes many different kinds of food.

dairy Foods that are made with milk, cream, butter, or cheese: Milk, cheese, and other dairy foods come from cows and goats.

diet The food and drink that a person or animal usually has: A healthful diet includes lots of fruits and vegetables.

hungry Wanting to eat: Running and playing made the children hungry.

shopper A person who goes to stores to look at or buy things : Only one shopper was in the store all afternoon.

shopping Form of shop: The girls went shopping for new shoes.

vegetables A plant or plant part that is used as food: I like orange vegetables such as carrots and sweet potatoes.

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Vocabulary Skills Homophones Homophones are words that sound alike but are different in spelling, meaning or origin. An example of a pair of homophones is blew and blue. Another example is to, too and two. The waters of the ocean were blue. In this sentence blue is a color. The wind blew. In this sentence blew means that the wind moved.