Across
- 1. less than half of the moon is lit
- 3. the middle point of a line segment. It is equidistant from both benchmarks
- 5. describe a verb, adjective, or another adverb. Tell us how, how often, when, and where.
- 8. As the surface of the moon becomes more lighted each day on the way to full, it's “waxing.” “To wax” means to increase in size gradually
- 9. the message we learn from the story; something we can apply to real life.
- 11. Making _________________: reading comprehension strategy that involves linking what is being read (the text) to what is already known
- 12. a number close to an exact value. An estimate indicates about how much.
Down
- 2. to change the value of a number to one that is easier to work with. To find the nearest value of a number based on a given place value.
- 4. ___________ Noun: a noun that shows ownership, usually identified by 's
- 6. more than half of the moon is lit
- 7. numbers used which other numbers can be estimated and compared. Benchmark numbers are usually multiples of 10 or 100.
- 10. As the surface of the moon has a gradual decrease of the sunlit part of the Moon after the Full Moon.