A little Rest and Relaxation

 

Last weekend I went with my family to our lakehouse in Pennsylvania.  The lakehouse is in the Poconos, set on a beautiful man made lake, surrounded by breathtaking views of the mountains.  The house is an old log cabin and among its many amenities is an incredible fireplace that is built out of stone.  My children love to help collect the firewood and enjoy competing with each other on getting the biggest log.  In the winter the lake freezes and you are able to walk on it.  This is extremely exciting for my girls because it is not something they get to do everyday.  While at the lakehouse we went sledding, did a nature walk, and played in the snow.  It was numbingly cold so our activities were cut short. We wanted to do something fun indoors but we couldn't think of anything. Finally, after doing some research, we found and indoor water park that had a tidal wave pool, water sports, slides, sprinklers and much more.  My children couldn't wait to go.  When we drove up to the place we could see the water slides from the parking lot.  My girls could hardly wait to go inside.  When the doors opened we could feel a burst of hot air; we felt like we were in the blazing sun and heat! The pools were very refreshing and we had so much fun splashing around. We ran through the silly sprinklers and got soaked by a giant bucket that drenched us with water.   This trip was very relaxing and exciting at the same time. 

Vocabulary
surrounded (verb) - to be on every side

amenities (plural, noun) - something that makes life easier or more pleasant

incredible (adjective) - very good, great

competing (verb) - to try to be better at something than someone else

extremely (adverb) - very great in length/degrees

exciting (adjective) - causing feelings of happiness

numbingly (adverb) - to be unable to feel anything

research (verb) - to collect information about something

blazing (adjective) - very hot/powerful

refreshing (adjective) - making you feel cool

drenched (verb) - to make completely wet

Using the vocabulary words complete the word search below:

H	D	R	E	N	C	H	E	D	G
C	A	L	L	M	I	H	Q	N	U
R	M	A	B	R	F	B	I	D	E
A	E	P	I	A	H	H	Z	X	V
E	N	H	D	V	S	J	C	U	I
S	I	I	E	E	P	I	J	Z	J
E	T	V	R	Y	T	S	U	P	P
R	I	F	C	I	X	A	U	R	C
D	E	D	N	U	O	R	R	U	S
R	S	G	I	R	N	M	T	N	Q

Grammar Point

Adjectives are words we use to describe nouns.  For example we might describe our friend Fred by saying: Fred is an AMAZING person.  Amazing is the adjective.

Grammar Activity

In my vacation story I used many adjectives to describe the different things that I saw, did, and/or visited.   Go back and circle all the adjectives that I used. Think of 5 adjectives of your own and use them in sentences.