Dictionary Skills: coconut crab
Whiteboard Challenges
Challenge 1
Sort the words that are on the Word Wall into alphabetical order.
Challenge 2
Read the first sentence. How quickly can you find the word that is highlighted in bold in a dictionary? Don’t forget to look at the first three letters of the word. Now write down the definition of this word.
Challenge 3
Read the second sentence. How quickly can you find the meaning of the word that is highlighted in bold in a dictionary? Don’t forget to look at the first three letters of the word. Now write a different sentence that contains this word.
Whiteboard Challenges
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1) Greedily, the coconut crabs take anything they think will give them sustenance.
2) Coconut crabs are at risk as their meat is considered a local delicacy.
Word Wall
crab
pincers
kleptomaniac
robber
hide
steal
flip flops
camera
coconut