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Context, Roots, Dictionary

Students meet academic words (hypothesis, perspective, significant) inside short science, history and math passages; they try context first, then a Greek or Latin root, then the dictionary entry, and the tool tracks which strategy cracked each word.

Play style: Puzzle
Module: Academic Vocabulary Strategies: Context, Greek and Latin roots and the dictionary for unknown words; academic and subject words
Grade: Grades 6-8 · English Language Arts
Standards: L.6.6 L.7.4 L.7.6 L.8.4 L.8.6
Collection: Word Lab

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