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Open Court Vocabulary for
“Monster Tracks”Genre: Expository Text
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imprint
The cougar left an imprint of its paw in the mud.
( to mark by applying pressure )
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clues
Clues help solve a mystery.
( hints that help solve a puzzle )
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mold
( a hollow form that material is poured into to make a shape )
We will pour the melted chocolate into the mold to make toy and animal shaped candies.
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prehistoric
The dinosaur is a prehistoric animal because
it lived before people wrote history.
( belonging to a time before people started writing history )
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embed
We will embed the seashells in the sand.
( set in )
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ooze
We walked in the ooze and it squished between our
toes.
( mud )
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shallow
We need a shallow pan to bake the brownies in.
( not very deep )
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reverse
When you are making a sand casting you have to think in reverse. What goes in sticks
out.
( opposite )
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instructions
You will have to follow the instructions to make this
airplane.
( directions )
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facedown
These shells are face up. You have to put a shell facedown to make a good
imprint.
( level in the ground )
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“Monster Tracks”
Making sand castings will help you understand how imprint fossils happened.