Word Meanings from Other Subjects (Grades 4 and 5)
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Word Meanings from Other Subjects (Grades 4 and 5)
Vocabulary from other subjects for Grades 4 and 5: use science, mathematics, and social studies to work out the roots tele and tri, the base words in migration and predatory, the whole words doubled and evaporated, and the phrases top of the food chain, right angle, and water cycle, then explain a word from another subject. With an answer key.
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Tell words that belong to one subject (fossil in science, quotient in math, treaty in social studies) from words used in every subject (compare, infer, evidence), and choose the meaning a word has in a subject, such as a face in math.
Reviewed by Ms. Rachel Wilson, Teacher. How we check worksheets
How to use this sheet
- Have the child underline the words around the new word that give clues.
- Have the child try their meaning in the sentence in place of the word and see if it makes sense.
- Look the word up after guessing, to check how close the guess was.
Common mistakes
- Guessing a meaning from what the word looks like, such as "fragile" means "frog".
- Using only the sentence with the word. The clue is often in the next sentence.
- Using the everyday meaning of a word that has a special meaning in a subject, such as "table" in math.
