January 20th-23rd and 26th-30th

Medical Terms
These are words that are needed when going to the school nurse or your family doctor. They will help you describe what is wrong and they will help you understand what the doctor or nurse is telling you.


IV pole
alcohol
allergies
amputate
appointment
back ache
bandage
Band-Aid
black eye
blood pressure cuff
bloody nose
brace
broken bone
bruise
burn
cane
capsule
cast
chart
chills
clean wound
closet
cold
computer
contagious
cotton balls
cover mouth
crutch
curtain
cut
draw blood
ear drops
examine
examining table
eye chart
eye drops
fever
first aid kit
gauze
headache
heating pad
high blood pressure
humidifier
ice pack
ID bracelet
ill
infection
inhaler
inhaler
insect bite
magazine
mask
medicine
mouthwash
needle
nurse
ointment
operate
otoscope
oxygen
patient
pill
poison
prescription
rash
reflex hammer
scab
scale
scar
scrape
shot/syringe
sick
sling
sore throat
splint
sprain
stethoscope
stitches
stomach ache
stool
stretcher
surgery
swallow
tablet
take medicine
thermometer
tongue depressor
tube of blood
ventillator
waiting room
walker
wastebasket
wheel chair
wrap wound
x-ray
x-ray machine

January 12-16

Each day we play games to become familiar with the pronunciation of these words. I will send home a study sheet with each child and after a few days of practicing, we will have a quiz. We learn about 12 words per day, 24 words in 2 days.

Community Workers

animal control
artist
astronaut
babysitter
baker
ball player
ballerina
bank teller
boxer
bus driver
butcher
carpenter
chapel
chef
clerk
clown
coach
conductor
construction worker
cook
cowboy
custodian
dentist
doctor
electrician
engineer
farmer
firefighter
florist
gardener
hair stylist
judge
librarian
lifeguard
mechanic
minister
musician
newsboy/girl
nun
nurse
optometrist
painter
pharmacist
photographer-film, camera
pilot
plumber
police officer
postal worker
president
rabbi
realtor
scientist
seamstress-needle, thread
soldier
teacher
trash collector
truck driver
videographer
waitress
waiter

January 5-9 Body Parts

ankle
arm
back
belly button
cheeks
chest
chin
earlobe
ears
elbow
eyebrow
eyelashes
eyelids
eyes
face
feet
fingernail
fingers
fist
foot
forehead
hair
hand
head
heart
heel
hips
jaw
knee
knuckle
lap
leg
lips
mouth
neck
nose
nostril
shin
shoulder
skin
stomach
teeth
thigh
thumb
toenail
toes
tongue
waist
wrist