Module · Grades 3-5 · English Language Arts

Academic and Subject Words

Work out subject-area words from context and word parts; synonyms and opposites; linking words.

Grade: Grades 3-5
Subject: English Language Arts
Course: English Language Arts
Strand: Language
Standards: RI.3.4 L.3.6 RI.4.4 L.4.5 L.4.6 RI.5.4 L.5.4 L.5.6
CCSS-ELA

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Students build the glossary for a short science or history passage: for each bold word they gather clues...

5 words in English and Spanish: context clue, prefix, synonym, antonym, linking word. Print them as wall cards, mini cards or a student glossary.