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Learning New Words Using Context
With guided practice students will use context clues to determine
meanings of unfamiliar words in short passages.
Acquiring New Vocabulary Through Book Discussion Groups
Working collaboratively in small groups, students discuss the meaning of
new words encountered in the book using context clues from the text, prior
knowledge, and print and online resources.
More Vivid Word Choices - Said Is Dead
The students will expand their vocabulary and learn synonyms for
overused word by using the story Chicken Little by Stephen
Kellogg.
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Resources:
Stay Aloat:
Play Stay Afloat
and spell the correct words in an online game format. This game is
similar to hangman and is based on themes.
Suggestions for English Language Learners (ELLs):
(E/B=Entering/Beginning, D=Developing, E=Expanding)
E/B:
Identify key characters in short story nonverbally (i.e. pictures,
lists, tables, graphic organizers) or with one-to-two word responses.
E/B: Respond to simple, orally presented factual questions about an
illustratively supported short story and express nonverbally (i.e.
pictures, lists, tables, graphic organizers) or with one-two-word
responses.
E/B: Create pictures, lists, charts, and graphic organizers to
illustrate characteristics of short stories.
E/B: Demonstrate sequence of events from an illustratively
supported short story and express nonverbally (i.e. pictures, lists,
tables, graphic organizers) or with one-to-two word responses.
E/B: Identify main events of familiar fairy tales and folktales
from around the world and express with simple spoken or written
sentences; D: Identify main events of familiar fairy tales,
folktales, legends, and fables from around the world and express with
simple spoken and written sentences; E: Understand basic plots of
classic fairy tales, folktales, legends, and fables from around the
world.
E/B: Identify main characters within an illustratively supported
text and express with simple spoken or written sentences; D:
Identify main characters based on their interactions within an
illustratively supported text and express with simple spoken and written
sentences; E: Describe characters based on events and statements
within the text.
E/B: Identify main events in illustratively supported fiction and
nonfiction texts and express with simple spoken or written sentences;
D: Identify main events in fiction and nonfiction texts and express
with simple spoken and written sentences; E: Identify theme in
fiction and nonfiction texts.
D: Identify most text and content features of poetry, drama, and
short stories and express with simple spoken and written sentences;
E: Recognize different types of literature, including poetry, drama,
fiction, and nonfiction.
D: Identify speaker or narrator in reading selection and express
with simple spoken and written sentences; E: Identify speaker or
narrator in reading selections.
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Language Arts