Dictionary Skills: hippopotamus
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) With its huge body submerged, only the hippo’s eyes, ears and nostrils could be seen.
2) Though mainly grass-loving herbivores, hippos will occasionally feed on the carcasses of other animals.
Word Wall
Africa
hippopotamus
herbivore
beast
dangerous
mammal
lips
thermal
river