Summary
A short PBS KIDS WordGirl vocabulary clip. The word is pestering — annoying someone by bothering them over and over. A fun, two-minute way to introduce a new word.
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Discussion questions
Discussion
This clip teaches the word pestering — bothering someone again and again.
- What does pestering mean? How might it make a person feel?
- What's a polite way to ask for something instead of pestering?
- Use pestering in a sentence of your own.
Quick work-a-long
Word: pestering — annoying someone by bothering them repeatedly.
Try it: Act out (or write) one polite request and one pestering request, and tell which works better.