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Volcano Report: Exact Words

Grade 4 informative writing: swap vague words for exact volcano vocabulary such as magma, lava, vent and crater to explain how a volcano works.

Grade 4ELAInteractive · Printable

Aligned toW.4.2.d

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Format: Interactive · Printable
Grade: Grade 4
Subject: ELA
Question types: Fill in the blank, Multiple choice, Matching, Circle the answer, Sorting, Short answer

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What students practice

Students tell precise, subject-specific words from vague words in writing about volcanoes.
Students choose exact vocabulary words to explain how a volcano erupts.
Students rewrite a vague sentence using precise language and volcano vocabulary.

How to use

Read the Word Box aloud and talk about each term. Students answer the questions on their own, then share their rewritten sentences with a partner.

Curriculum

Common Core standard covered

W.4.2.d

Use precise language and subject-specific vocabulary to inform about or explain a topic.

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Volcano Report: Exact Words

Use precise language and volcano vocabulary to explain a topic.

Learn the volcano words

Read the Word Box. Writers use exact words like these to explain volcanoes clearly.

Word Box
magma - hot, melted rock deep under the ground
lava - melted rock that has flowed out of a volcano onto the ground
vent - an opening in the ground where magma, ash, and gas escape
crater - a bowl-shaped dip at the top of a volcano
ash - tiny bits of rock that blast into the air
erupt - to burst out; a volcano erupts when lava, ash, and gas shoot out
dormant - not erupting right now, but able to erupt again someday

Circle the three exact volcano words. Do not circle the vague words.

craterstuffmagmaplacethinglava

Sort each sentence. Does it use precise words, or is it too vague?

Something comes out of the mountain.Magma rises through a vent.Gray ash blasts high into the sky.The top of the mountain does stuff.Hot things go all over the place.Lava flows down the side of the volcano.