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Tuesday

Bold words and the glossary
// Text features in fact texts
⏱ about 15 min

Tuesday: Bold words and the glossary

Samantha the Squirrel holds up a page.

"Look! Some words are dark and thick," she chatters.

"Those are bold words. They are extra important!"

Oliver the Owl adjusts his glasses. "And where do we learn what they mean?"

"In the glossary, of course!" says Samantha.

Learn it: bold words and a glossary

Bold words are printed dark and thick.

They are important words in the text.

A glossary is a list near the end.

It tells what each bold word means.

The words go in ABC order.

Ferris asks: What is a relay? He looks in the glossary.

A relay is a race where team members take turns!

Read it
Title: The Fern Hollow Leaf Race
Every fall, Fern Hollow has a leaf race by the stream.
It is a relay, so friends race in teams.
The race starts at the starting log.
Each racer carries a big leaf to the next friend.
The last racer sets the leaf on the finish rock.
Then everyone cheers for every team.
Bold words in this guide: relay, starting log, finish rock.
Glossary
finish rock: the big flat rock where the race ends
relay: a race where team members take turns
starting log: the fallen log where the race begins
CHECK IT: BOLD WORDS AND THE GLOSSARY
  • Read the question.
  • Tap your answer.
Which words are bold in this guide?
What is a relay?
What is the finish rock?
Where do you look to learn what a bold word means?
SentenceTrue or false?
A glossary tells what words mean.?
Glossary words go in ABC order.?
Bold words are not important.?
The race ends at the starting log.?
WHY THIS EXERCISEBold words are important. The race ends at the finish rock.
PUT THE RACE IN ORDER
  • What happens first?
  • Tap the cards in order.
1First
2Next
3Last
ABC ORDER
  • Read the question.
  • Tap your answer.
In this glossary, which word comes first?
Which word comes last in this glossary?
Where is the glossary in this guide?
Try it
Find a book with a glossary.
Pick one word from it.
Read its meaning to a grown-up.

Word Spot: upon, us, river

Here are new sight words.

Look at each word. Say it. Spell it.

Upon: U-P-O-N.

Us: U-S.

River: R-I-V-E-R.

FIND THE WORD
  • Listen to the word.
  • Tap it.
Find the word you hear.
Find the word you hear.
Find the word you hear.
Find the word you hear.
FILL THE GAP
  • Listen to the sentence.
  • Tap the missing word.
Once ___ a time, there was a seed.
The sun gives ___ light.
The ___ flows to the sea.

Bold work! Tomorrow Samantha brings a map with labels.

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