Word Detective: The Snow Globe (Grade 3)

Grade 3 · Word Detective

The Snow Globe

Every time the snow falls, he takes one step closer.

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Read each sentence from the story. Use the clues around the bold word to figure out what it means.

1. Inside, the water is clear. White snow lies in a little drift at the bottom.

I think drift means:

2. Slowly. Slowly. It settles.

I think settles means:

3. I lunge. Grandma jumps. She sets it back down on the dresser with a thump.

I think lunge means:

4. My finger is white at the tip for three days. Grandma says it’s frostnip and makes me hot cocoa.

I think frostnip means: