Word Detective: The Pencil (Grade 3)

Grade 3 · Word Detective

The Pencil

Some things draw themselves.

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

1. Morning work is synonyms. Big, large. Small, tiny. Happy, glad.

I think synonyms means:

2. When I tip it, the grain shimmers silver, like it got dipped in glitter and wiped off.

I think shimmers means:

3. It scuttles across his collar and down the back of his shirt.

I think scuttles means:

4. It strains in my fist, pulling toward the notebook like a dog on a leash.

I think strains means: