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Vocabulary and Context Clues Lab
Students use context clues, build words from parts, rank words by strength, sort word pairs and use a dictionary.
Grades 3–12Virtual lab · 5 stations1 student per deviceNo student loginsWorks offline
Try it free: the demo opens the Start page and Station 1 right in your browser. No sign-up needed.
Virtual labs are sold separately and aren’t part of the All-Access licenses.
Grade versions included
- Grades 3–5: Clue types, a prefix and suffix builder, shades of meaning, synonym or antonym sort
- Grades 6–8: Clue analysis, Greek and Latin roots, a connotation slider, analogies, dictionary entries
- Grades 9–12: Contextual inference, morphemes, diction and nuance, academic register, etymology
What students practice
Context clue types, prefixes, suffixes and Greek and Latin roots, shades of meaning, connotation, synonyms, antonyms and analogies, academic register, dictionary use
Standards
OAS Standard 4: Vocabulary
Common Core: L.4 · L.5 · L.6
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How it works
- Open the game file in any web browser: Chromebooks, laptops or your smartboard. No accounts, no student logins and no internet needed once it's downloaded.
- The download has a separate file for each grade band. Open the one that fits your class.
- Each student types their name on the Start page, then works through the stations in order. Each station has a prediction, a hands-on activity, a data table or log that fills in as they work and a check question.
- Students finish with a printable lab report (print or save as PDF). The Teacher Notes include the standards, a full answer key and a reset button for shared devices.
- Each purchase includes the lab files and a one-page Quick Start guide.
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