VIP Class Notes (Tony)

Vocabulary

Numbers Review

Tens – 10,    18,   13

Hundreds – 300,   299,   100, 400

Thousands – 4,000     4,400 (Four thousand, four hundred).  44  (1)00 (forty four hundred).

1,300 Thirteen Hundred = (13 x 100 = 1,300)

Millions –    2,000,000      4,400,000 ( 4.4 million).         355,000,000.  (Three hundred fifty five million)

eg: The richest man in the world right now, makes over 250 million a day.

eg: He is worth 151 Billion dollars today.

Billions – 22,000,000,000

Trillions – 580,000,000,000,000

Quadrillions – 231,000,000,000,000,000

Grade – the level you are in at school

eg: In September I’ll be in 5th grade.

grades – the Letter you get from your tests and homework. A, B, C, D, F.

eg: I got a good grade in math class. I got an A.

eg: My English and math grades are good. But my Chinese grade is just a C. Sometimes I can get a B in Chinese.

related (adj) – you are family with that person

Are you related?

eg: Yes, we are related.

How are you related?

eg: She is my cousin. Her mom is my aunt.

relative (N)

eg: I have a lot of relatives.

ancestors – family from a very long time ago. In the past.

eg: My ancestors are from England and Germany.

eg: My ancestors are from earth.

art – making pictures or anything, to be creative and interesting

eg: What did you do in art class recently?

The teacher let us draw a picture of someone in my family.

satellite – a large machine in the sky, that can take pictures or send information

eg: Maybe we can look at a satellite map.

Grammar

what means – what does that mean?

who is the best have money – who is the richest

Pronunciation

I’ll – Eye Ull.   EyeuL

ancestors – Ann Ses Terrs

relative – Rella Tiv