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Coastal Relief Map: A Word-Tool Lab

Use dictionary pronunciations, multiple meanings, a landform glossary, and a thesaurus to prepare precise labels for a relief map.

Grade 5ELAInteractive · Printable

Aligned toL.5.4.c

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  • 1 Common Core standard
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  • 14 questions
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Format
Interactive · Printable
Grade
Grade 5
Subject
ELA
Question types
Fill in the blank, Multiple choice, Matching, Sorting, Short answer

About this worksheet

What students practice

  • Students use dictionary respellings to identify sounds, syllables, and stressed syllables.
  • Students choose precise dictionary and glossary meanings that fit map-label contexts.
  • Students use thesaurus entries and digital reference features to clarify word choices.

How to use

Have students use the reference cards to complete the map-label tasks. Review how context guides meaning, then compare a printed pronunciation with audio from a digital dictionary.

Curriculum

Common Core standard covered

L.5.4.c

Use dictionaries, glossaries, and thesauruses, print or digital, to find a word's pronunciation and clarify the precise meaning of key words and phrases.

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Coastal Relief Map: A Word-Tool Lab

Use reference tools to pronounce landform names and write precise map labels.

Prepare to Say the Labels

A map team is building a raised model of an imaginary coastline. Use the dictionary cards to help the team pronounce its labels. Hyphens separate spoken syllables. CAPITAL letters mark the syllable said with the most force.

Dictionary Cards
archipelago (ahr-kuh-PEL-uh-goh), noun: a group of islands
contour (KON-toor), noun: the outline or shape of something
elevation (el-uh-VAY-shun), noun: height above sea level
isthmus (IS-muhs), noun: a narrow strip of land joining two larger land areas, with water on both sides
peninsula (puh-NIN-suh-luh), noun: land surrounded by water on most sides but connected to a larger land area
plateau (pluh-TOH), noun: a broad, fairly level area of high land
1.
A team member says the ch in archipelago like the ch in chair. Use the dictionary respelling. Which correction is needed?
  • A. Say ch like the sh in ship.
  • B. Say ch like the j in jump.
  • C. Say ch like the k in kite.
  • D. Say ch like the th in thin.
2.
Use the respellings. Sort each word by the position of its most strongly stressed syllable.
peninsulaarchipelagoelevationisthmusplateaucontour
First syllableSecond syllableThird syllable

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