Catching Fireflies: Multiple Meanings of Words - South Hadley

Catching Fireflies: Multiple Meanings of Words

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Contents:Player jars, net draw pile board, 40 multiple meanings of words firefly cards, ten blank cards to make your own, ten lose a turn cards.

Directions:Print, cut out, and laminate one jar per player. Cut and laminate all cards. Shuffle firefly cards and lose a turn cards together and place on draw pile net. Each player draws a card and defines the target word in the sentence using the context to determine meaning. Use the definitions template to define each word, if desired. The players place the fireflies on their jars. The player with the most bugs at the end wins.

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Template for Definitions of Words

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AAA A noun

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A (noun word) is a kind of (category) that (describe with attributes).

AAA A n(Verb word) means to (describe action).

AAA A n(Adjective word) means (tell what it’s NOT; describe with attributes or synonym).

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DRAWPILE

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JAM

My car was in a traffic jam.

JAM

I like peanut butter

with jam.

LIGHT

My mom bought

me a light blue shirt.

LIGHT

This feather is very light.

LIGHT

Please turn on the light.

TRUNK

Put the groceries in the trunk.

TRUNK

The elephant eats with his trunk.

TRUNK

The tree trunk has

brown bark.

PEN

Put the sheep

back in the pen.

PEN

My pen is out of ink.

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TRUNK

I keep my sweaters

in a trunk.

BLUE

My favorite

pants are blue.

BLUE

My sister is feeling pretty blue.

ROUGH

The sandpaper feels very rough.

ROUGH

That test was

pretty rough.

BAT

I saw a bat fly into the barn.

BAT

I need to grab my ball and

bat.

FAN

I’m hot so I turned on the fan.

FAN

I am that singer’s biggest fan.

SPACE

The astronaut

was in space.



SPACE

I need more

space on my paper.

TIP

Leave the waiter a big tip.

TIP

My drink tipped over.

TIP

She told me a

great tip.

TIP

The tip of my pencil

broke.

FOOT

I cut my foot on some glass.

FOOT

The twig is one foot

long.

TRAIN

I need to train my dog to sit.

TRAIN

I rode on the train.

ROCK

Never throw a rock at

someone.



ROCK

I rock my baby to sleep.

SWEET

That was very

sweet of you.

SWEET

Candy bars are

very sweet.

LONG

I won’t be long in

the store.

LONG

That poem was

really long.

STAR

I like to look up

and count stars.

STAR

He is a big football star.

STAR

I drew a star on

my paper.

PITCHER

Fill up the pitcher

with some ice.

PITCHER

He’s the best

pitcher on the team.







Bugs escape. Lose a turn.










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