Twig Science Middle School has a glossary of scientific concepts to help your students use academic terms with confidence. The glossary is available to teachers and students directly from their respective dashboards, and administrators can view the glossary via the Lesson Explorer.
Using the Science Glossary:
Click the tab applicable to your role to learn more.
Using the glossary (Teachers):
- Log in to Twig Science Middle School.
- Click Glossary on the right side of your dashboard. This will take you to the entire collection of terms.
- The glossary opens to the letter A. Click on a different letter to jump to terms starting with that letter.
- The results display for the letter you selected. To close this section, either select another letter in the Jump to list or click the minus sign (-) and then expand another section with the plus sign (+).
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To filter the glossary by an assignment/topic you're working on with a class: Click Filter at the top of the page, then select a Grade, Module, and/or Lesson from the drop-down menus. Only the terms related to the filters will display, subdivided by letter.
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Alternately, you can access the glossary terms specific to a lesson by going to the lesson's Vocabulary tab in the Lesson Explorer. When you access the list this way, the results will not be subdivided by letter and you can print the entire list.
- To print the terms: Use the Select all button or the individual checkboxes to select the scientific terms you want to print. (If you used the filters, only the terms that match the letter AND the filters will be available to select.)
Once you've selected at least one term, the print button becomes enabled; click Print at the top of the page. In addition to the basic terms and definitions (the Classic Glossary), you'll have several other vocabulary activities from which to choose. Select the resource(s) you wish to print and then click Save PDF or Print selection.
The available resources are:- Classic Vocabulary: A list of the selected terms and their definitions.
- All About a Word: Ask students to demonstrate all they know about target words.
- Word Bookmarks: Acts as a reminder for students to mark their place in their Twig Journal.
- Vocabulary Context Clues: Encourages students to infer meaning from the context.
- Vocabulary Confidence: Provides students with the opportunity to revisit unfamiliar vocabulary.
- Prefix and Root Words: Enables students to identify similarities between word structures and meanings.
- Vocabulary Pair Review: Allows students to discuss and share their understanding of key words.
- Vocabulary Map: Encourages students to explore different aspects of a word.
- Word Map: Allows students to show all they know about a specific word.
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Word Wall Brick: Presents words in a format for classroom display.
- To change the language of the glossary from English to Spanish: Open the Change Language drop-down menu at the top of the page, then select Español (ES).
- To exit the glossary, click Back to Dashboard at the top of the page.
Using the glossary (Administrators):
- Log in to Twig Science Middle School.
- Use the Lesson Explorer to navigate to a lesson, then click the lesson's Vocabulary tab.
- Open the Actions drop-down menu and select Open Science Glossary.
- Follow the instructions on the Teachers tab of this article, starting with step 3.
Using the glossary (Students):
- Log in to Twig Science Middle School.
- Click Glossary in the top right corner of your student dashboard.
- The glossary opens to the letter A. In the left navigation sidebar, click on a different letter to jump to terms starting with that letter.
- The results display for the letter you selected. To close this section, either select another letter in the Jump to list or click the minus sign (-) and then expand another section with the plus sign (+).
- To filter the glossary by the assignment/topic you're working on in class: Click Filter at the top of the page, then select a Grade, Module, and/or Lesson from the drop-down menus. Only the terms related to the filters will display, subdivided by letter.
- To print the terms: Click Print at the top of the page. The words for the selected letter will be available to print. If you filtered terms by Grade, Module, and/or Lesson, only the terms that match the letter AND the filters will be available to print. Use the checkboxes to select the terms you want to print, then click Print Selection.
- To change the language from English to Spanish: Open the Change Language drop-down menu at the top of the page, then select Español (ES).
- To exit the glossary, click Back to Dashboard at the top of the page.