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Better Lesson

Better Lesson: L.3.4d: Use Glossaries or Dictionaries to Determine Meaning

For Students 2nd - 3rd Standards
Links to 2 lessons and activities that build student skills in standard L.3.4d: Use glossaries or beginning dictionaries, both print and digital, to determine or clarify the precise meaning of key words and phrases.
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BBC

Bbc: Skillswise: English: Reading: Dictionaries and Indexes Quiz: Level One [Pdf]

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
Quiz testing basic alphabetization and dictionary skills required for real-world application. Three levels of difficulty with answers provided.
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Learning Farm

Learning Farm: Common Core Standards: Dictionaries, Glossaries, Thesaurus

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
Learn about different reference materials such as dictionaries, glossaries, and thesauri to help you learn meanings of words, pronunciation, or parts of speech. View a short lesson then practice using Game Mode or Test Mode.
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Other

Fin Aid: Answering Your Questions: Glossary

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the terms used in financial aid forms for higher education with the glossary.
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American-Israeli Cooperative Enterprise

Jewish Virtual Library: Un Partition Plan, September 1947

For Students 9th - 10th
This authentic UN map depicts the political lines to be drawn to partition Palestine as established in 1947.
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American-Israeli Cooperative Enterprise

Jewish Virtual Library: The Partition Plan

For Students 9th - 10th
The background for creating a plan to partition Palestine, as well as the details of the plan itself and its effects are discussed.
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Other

Allergy Glossary

For Students 9th - 10th
If you have allergies, you might encounter terms that you don't fully understand. Use this handy glossary to interpret all the lingo.
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Other

U Seek U Find: Tutorials N Surfing

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides links to tutorials on many WWW topics including surfing, searching and email.
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Cut the Knot

Cut the Knot!: Math Glossary, Math Terms

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from Cut the Knot is a math glossary with hundreds of math term and links to explanations for each.
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English Club

English Club: Learn English: Grammar Terms

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A glossary of grammar and linguistic terms along with definitions, example sentences, and links to additional information.
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Ducksters

Ducksters: Stamp Collecting: Postage Stamp Glossary and Terms

For Students 1st - 9th Standards
Definitions of stamp terms and glossary. Learn about the words used to describe postage stamps.
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English Club

English Club: Learn English: Grammar: Grammar Vocabulary

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A glossary of twenty-three common grammar terms; a link to a vocabulary quiz over usage is provided. L.11-12.1b Usage issues
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Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

Dna From the Beginning: Mutations Are Changes in Genetic Information

For Students 9th - 10th
This article explains how and why mutations are so important to genetics.
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Other

Great Schools: Glossary

For Students 1st - 3rd Standards
This is a PDF printable worksheet for grades 1-3 to teach students how to use a glossary to answer questions.
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Other

Glossary: Marketing, Advertising, and Promotional Terms

For Students 9th - 10th
Thorough glossary of marketing and advertising terms and associations (including legal and business) for all media: print, television, radio, display, and Internet. Includes concept, production, process, and philosophy terms as well.
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Ducksters

Ducksters: Earth Science for Kids: Geology Glossary and Terms

For Students 1st - 9th
Find a glossary and terms of geology in the Earth sciences on this website. This site contains definitions for words such as erosion, fossil, glacier, rocks, minerals, mantle, and topography.
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Ducksters

Ducksters: Soccer: Glossary of Terms and Definitions

For Students 1st - 9th
Meaning of terms used in the sport of soccer. Position names described.
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Quizlet

Quizlet: Non Fiction Text Features 3rd Grade Match

For Students 2nd - 5th Standards
Text feature terms (nonfiction) are included in this review "Match" game. Questions are provided for the following words: map, table of contents, index, bold words, caption, timeline, heading, and glossary. Images of each of these text...
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Quizlet

Quizlet: Nonfiction Text Features 3rd Grade Flashcards

For Students 2nd - 5th Standards
Text feature terms (nonfiction) are included in this review exercise Flashcards are provided for the following words: map, table of contents, index, bold words, caption, timeline, heading, and glossary. Images of each of these text...
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Ducksters

Ducksters: Ancient Rome for Kids: Glossary and Terms

For Students 1st - 9th
What words would you need to know about the Romans? Find them here with the glossary and terms of Ancient Rome on this site.
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Other

Egypt Art: Mythology Gallery Directory

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site is a personal site that chronicles Egyptian gods and goddesses, myths, battles, and legends which are discussed here in text that is easily understood. There is also a section on The Book of the Dead, a Glossary of Egyptian...
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Rutgers University

Rutgers University: Glossary of Literary and Rhetorical Terms

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This is a glossary of literary and rhetorical terms in alphabetical order by Jack Lynch, Rutgers University. Click the desired link to find the definition.
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University of Regina (Canada)

University of Regina: Math Central: Mathematics Glossary: Middle Years

For Students 6th - 9th Standards
Basic geometric terms are defined.