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Glossary Makers

Students build the glossary for a short science or history passage: for each bold word they gather clues from the sentence, word parts and a picture, write a kid definition with a synonym and an opposite, then link two facts with however or similarly.

Play style: Builder
Module: Academic and Subject Words: Work out subject-area words from context and word parts; synonyms and opposites; linking words
Grade: Grades 3-5 · English Language Arts
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
Collection: Word Lab

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