A word of the week template with a variety of tasks to give context and meaning to a word.
A template to use when practicing vocabulary skills.
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Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases based on grade 1 reading and content, choosing flexibly from an array of strategies.
Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases based on grade 2 reading and content, choosing flexibly from an array of strategies.
Use glossaries and beginning dictionaries, both print and digital, to determine or clarify the meaning of words and phrases.
Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning word and phrases based on grade 3 reading and content, choosing flexibly from a range of strategies.
Use glossaries or beginning dictionaries, both print and digital, to determine or clarify the precise meaning of key words and phrases.
Use common, grade-appropriate Greek and Latin affixes and roots as clues to the meaning of a word (e.g., telegraph, photograph, autograph).
Consult reference materials (e.g., dictionaries, glossaries, thesauruses), both print and digital, to find the pronunciation and determine or clarify the precise meaning of key words and phrases.
Use common, grade-appropriate Greek and Latin affixes and roots as clues to the meaning of a word (e.g., photograph, photosynthesis).
Consult reference materials (e.g., dictionaries, glossaries, thesauruses), both print and digital, to find the pronunciation and determine or clarify the precise meaning of key words and phrases.
Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases based on grade 6 reading and content, choosing flexibly from a range of strategies.
Use context (e.g., the overall meaning of a sentence or paragraph; a word's position or function in a sentence) as a clue to the meaning of a word or phrase.
Use common, grade-appropriate Greek or Latin affixes and roots as clues to the meaning of a word (e.g., audience, auditory, audible).
Consult reference materials (e.g., dictionaries, glossaries, thesauruses), both print and digital, to find the pronunciation of a word or determine or clarify its precise meaning or its part of speech.
Verify the preliminary determination of the meaning of a word or phrase (e.g., by checking the inferred meaning in context or in a dictionary).
Use a resource such as a picture dictionary or digital resource to find words;
Use illustrations and texts the student is able to read or hear to learn or clarify word meanings;
Use print or digital resources to determine meaning and pronunciation of unknown words;
Use context within and beyond a sentence to determine the meaning of unfamiliar words;
Identify, use, and explain the meaning of antonyms, synonyms, idioms, and homographs in context.
Use print or digital resources to determine meaning, syllabication, and pronunciation;
Use context within and beyond a sentence to determine the meaning of unfamiliar words and multiple-meaning words;
Identify, use, and explain the meaning of antonyms, synonyms, idioms, homophones, and homographs in a text.
Use print or digital resources to determine meaning, syllabication, and pronunciation;
Determine the meaning of and use words with affixes such as mis-, sub-, -ment, and -ity/ty and roots such as auto, graph, and meter; and
Use print or digital resources to determine meaning, syllabication, pronunciation, and word origin;
Identify the meaning of and use words with affixes such as trans-, super-, -ive, and -logy and roots such as geo and photo; and
Use print or digital resources to determine the meaning, syllabication, pronunciation, word origin, and part of speech;
Use context such as definition, analogy, and examples to clarify the meaning of words;
Determine the meaning and usage of grade-level academic English words derived from Greek and Latin roots such as mis/mit, bene, man, vac, scrib/script, and jur/jus.
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