Meaning Match
Which word means to find out or decide something?
What is Determine?
“I will ___ my answer by showing the page that helped me.”
What is Support?
Which word is closest in meaning to “explain more”: elaborate or refute?
What is Elaborate?
Leo reads that the sidewalk is wet and sees people carrying umbrellas. He makes a careful guess that it rained. Which word describes his thinking?
What is infer?
Use elaborate to ask a classmate for one more detail about their idea.
What is “Can you elaborate by giving another detail?”
Which word means to look closely at parts of something to understand it?
What is Analyze?
“The class will ___ a plan for the science project.”
What is Formulate?
Which word is closest in meaning to “prove or give evidence for”: support or interpret?
What is Support?
Nia checks a map to find the fastest route to the library. Which word describes what she is doing?
What is Determine?
You need to explain why your answer makes sense. Which word could you use, and what could you include?
What is justify, by giving a reason or evidence?
Which word means to tell how two things are different?
What is Distinguish?
“Please ___ your answer by adding another detail.”
What is Elaborate?
Which word means almost the opposite of “agree with a claim”: refute or infer?
What is Refute?
Two characters both want to help, but they solve the problem in different ways. Which word means to notice how they are different?
What is Distinguish?
A character leaves a note saying, “I’ll be back before sunset,” and takes a backpack. Make an inference and name the word for making it.
What is infer; the character may be going somewhere and plans to return?
Which word means to explain what something means, such as a chart, story, or message?
What is interpret?
“Maya used facts from the article to ___ the claim that all birds can fly.”
What is Refute?
Which word means “make a plan or idea by putting parts together”: formulate or distinguish?
What is Formulate?
A student studies a graph, looks at its labels, and explains what the information shows. Which two words describe the student’s work?
What are analyze and interpret?
Write one sentence using formulate to describe making a plan for a group project.
What is “Our group will formulate a plan before we begin”?
Which word means to make a careful guess using clues and what you already know?
What is infer?
“After reading the clues and checking the evidence, the team could ___ which explanation was most likely.”
What is Determine?
Name the two words: one means “examine parts closely,” and the other means “explain what something means.”
What are analyze and interpret?
A student makes a claim, gives facts to back it up, then uses other facts to show why a different claim is incorrect. Which two words describe those actions?
What are support and refute?
Read this claim: “The school garden helps students learn about plants.” Name one kind of evidence that could support it, and use justify in a sentence.
What is “Students recorded how plants grew each week; this evidence helps justify the claim”?