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Study the word MOSAIC: (Source) Words like "music," "museum," and "mosaic" all trace back to some very old mythic stories about the Muses, a group of goddesses who inspired humans to create art, poetry, music, literature, and more. A mosaic is a colorful piece of art made up of many, many small pieces of tile, stone, or glass. Mosaics can be large, small, simple, or complex, showing basic repeating patterns or realistic images of people. They can appear on floors, walls, windows, ceilings, and objects. (Source) (Source) If something has many, many different, interesting bits or pieces, you can call it a mosaic even though it's not an actual work of art. For example, you could describe a mosaic of people's faces, a mosaic of dreams or memories, or a mosaic of stories or traditions. (Source)   Make a flash card: You can write your own definition and choose your own picture, or copy mine. Term Definition Picture mosaic a piece of art with lots and lots of colorful bits of material   Write your own sentence! You can use either of the two ideas I'll suggest, or you can invent your own. Include as much detail as you can! (Source)   Write a sentence with the word MOSAIC: Remember: a mosaic is a surface or object made of many pieces of different colors, all arranged into a picture or a pattern. Idea 1: "Under our feet, the floor is a splendid mosaic of (some kind of animals or people) (doing something)." Idea 2: "I'm going to make a mosaic for (a certain place), so I gather (stones, tiles, or pebbles) in many shades of (certain colors)." You can type in here. When you're done, copy and paste your sentence wherever you'd like it to go.