The Life of George
Washington
Carver
*Robust Vocabulary*
Created By: Erika Liburd
February 2009
brew
When you brew a drink such as iced tea,
you make it yourself by pouring very hot
water over the tea and then cooling it.
brew
Frank Eppherson liked to brew
his own drinks.
I like to brew iced tea in a big glass
jar in the summer.
brew
* Can you say that you brew iced
tea when you buy it already
made at the store? Why or why
not?
* Would it make sense to say
you can brew
Milk? Why or why not?
supplies
Supplies are the materials and
equipment needed to do a job.
Supplies
George Washington Carver had
to pay for his own school
supplies.
Mr. Driver has a lot of art
supplies.
supplies
* What kind of supplies would
you take on a camping trip?
* What supplies would you need
to make a peanut butter and jelly
sandwich?
* What supplies would you need
to plant a garden?
snug
If a piece of clothing has a
snug fit, it fits close to you.
snug
The shoes were too snug for
my feet.
The mittens were snug on the
toddler's hand.
snug
* Chester Greenwood’s earmuffs
had a hinge for a snug fit.
* If you had a pair of shoes that
were a snug fit on you, would
they be loose and baggy, or
would they fit you close and a
little tight?
provide
When you provide something,
you give it to someone.
provide
George Washington Carver studied other
crops to see what would grow well and
provide food and money for the farmers.
If you do not provide food and water for
a pet, will the pet be healthy and happy?
What things do your family members
provide you with to keep you safe,
healthy, and happy?
provide
*Have you ever been able to
provide help to someone in
school?
*Florida, Georgia, and
Alabama provide most of the
country’s peanuts.
committee
When you are on a
committee, you work with a
group of people on a project
or for a special reason.
committee
A committee of food experts
decide which peanuts taste
better.
What kind of people might be on
a committee that takes care of
flowers and trees in a park?
committee
* What might cause a member of a
committee to speak in a very loud
volume?
* If you were on a committee to
decide where a new playground would
be built, would you make the decision
alone? Why?
innovation
When someone thinks of a new
idea or product that solves a
problem, the new idea or
product is an innovation.
innovation
*Using peanuts to make
shampoo was an innovation of
George Washington Carver.
* Would a backpack attached
to a jacket be a good
innovation? Why or why not?
innovation
* Which is an example of an
innovation-wheels on a car or
wings on a car? Why?
*Think of an innovation that
would help people in your
school.
crop
A large planting of one kind of
plant is a crop.
crop
Peanut plants are an important
crop in the United States.
Name some crops that end up
in your local grocery store.
crop
*Which of these is not an
example of a crop: corn,
peanuts, Popsicles? Why?
* Would you be more likely to
find crops in a city park or on
a farm?
edible
If something is edible,
you can eat it.
edible
Peanuts and sweet potatoes
are edible.
What is an example of
something that is edible-a
large pizza or a large T-shirt?
Why?
edible
* What are some edible things
you enjoy most? Why do you
enjoy them?
* What are some edible things
you wish you never had to
have? Why don’t you want
them?
earn
When you earn, you get
money or some other kind of
reward for doing something.
earn
*Peanut farmers can earn
money by growing peanuts.
* George Washington Carver
had to earn his own money
for school.
earn
*Tell about a time when you
tried to earn money to buy
something special.
* Tell how you would earn the
trust of a parent, a teacher, a
friend, or a pet.
experiments
Experiments are tests to
try out an idea or to find
out if something is true.
experiments
* George Washington Carver
helped make the world a
better place through his
experiments and teaching.
experiments
*If you do experiments to
see if ants like honey, what
might you do?
* Describe experiments you
could do to find out how
people react to loud and soft
sounds.
Kelly wanted to ________ tea for
her guests.
A. brew
B. committee
C. supplies
D. crop
On the first day of school Tim’s mom
gave him a book bag full of school
_______.
A. earn
B. crop
C. snug
D. supplies
The gloves had a ________
fit on my hands.
A. experiments
B. snug
C. innovation
D. brew
Did you _______ the dog with food
and water?
A. brew
B. crop
C. provide
D. earn
The ______ voted to build the park.
A. committee
B. edible
C. experiments
D. brew
Using peanuts to make shampoo was
an ______ of George Washington
Carver.
A. innovation
B. crop
C. supplies
D. provide
Planting the same ________ every
year made the soil poor.
A. committee
B. snug
C. edible
D. crop
Sweet potatoes and peanuts are
________.
A. edible
B. experiments
C. brew
D. innovation
If you shovel the snow you will
________ five dollars.
A. edible
B. supplies
C. earn
D. supplies
Every year, scientist do ________
with peanuts.
A. brew
B. crop
C. provide
D. experiments