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3rd–4th GradeLanguage
• Usesentence-levelcontextasacluetothemeaningofawordorphrase.
• Usecontext(e.g.,definitions,examples,orrestatementsintext)asacluetothemeaningofawordorphrase.
Materials Needed
• Whiteboardanddry-erasemarker(orchalkboardandchalk)
• WordDetectiveActivityreproducible
Introduction
Inalowvoice,saytostudents,“Ifyoucanhearme,pleaseraiseyoursnooble.”
Studentswilllikelygiggleorgiveyouaquizzicallook,butsimplyrepeattheinstructionuntiloneortwostudentsbeginraisingtheirhands.Acknowledgetheircorrectresponseswithasmileornod.
Onceotherstudentsbegintocatchon,confirmthatthenonsenseword“snooble”meanthand.Askavolunteertoexplainhowsheguessedthecorrectmeaningofthenonsenseword.
Procedure
1. Explainthatgoodreadersoftenusecontextcluestodecodeunfamiliarvocabularywords.Pointoutthatotherwordsinthetextmaygivethemhintsaboutthemeaningofwordstheydonotknow.
2.Displayafewexamplesentencesontheboardtodemonstratetheuseofcontextcluesindecodingwordmeanings,suchas:
•Theangrydogbarkedferociously,scaringtheyoungkitten.
•Afterstudying,Tomisoptimistichewilldowellonthetest.
•Thecourageousexplorerclimbedthedangerousmountain.
3.Remindstudentsthattheotherwordsinthesentence,orcontextclues,willgivethemanideaofwhatthewordsmean.
4.Invitevolunteerstotrytodecodethemeaningoftheunderlinedwords.Thenhavethemcomeuptotheboardandcircleotherwordsinthesentencethatservedascontextclues.(Forexample,inthefirstsentence,theymightcircletheword“angry”or“scaring”becausethesewordsindicatethatthedog’sbarkwasferocious.)
Guided/Independent Practice
1. Declareallofyourstudentsworddetectives!DistributeacopyoftheWordDetectiveActivityreproducibletoeachstudent.
2.Havestudentsworkwithapartnerorinasmallgroup.Instructthemtoreadtheparagraphtogetherandusecontextcluestodiscoverthemeaningofthenonsensewords.
3.Encouragestudentstowritethemeaningofeachwordandlistallofthecontextcluesthathelpedthemdecodethecorrectmeaningoftheword.
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Directions: Read the passage below. Use context clues to decode the meaning of the underlined nonsense words.
Thebigyellowschoolgleekpulledtoastopatthecorner.Thedriveropenedthedoor,andIclimbedupthestepstogetonboard.Iwalkeddownthenarrowzupherlookingforanemptyseat.ThenIsawmyfriendJackwavingtomefromthelastrow.“Overhere,Nate!”heyelled.Inoddedandmademywaytowardhim.Itookmynorjotfilledwithbooksandplaceditundertheseat.ThenIploppeddownbesidehimandenjoyedtheridetoblat.
Gleekprobablymeans___________.Thecluewordsthathelpedme
decodethisnonsensewordare:___________________________________
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Zupherprobablymeans______________.Thecluewordsthathelped
medecodethisnonsensewordare:_______________________________
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Norjotprobablymeans___________________.Thecluewordsthat
helpedmedecodethisnonsensewordare:_______________________
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Blatprobablymeans__________________.Thecluewordsthathelped
medecodethisnonsensewordare:_____________________________
_____________________________________________________________©Lakeshore www.lakeshorelearning.com