Tonight's homework is to determine the meaning (based on various vocabulary strategies - see below) of 5 self-chosen words from the glossary at the end of the Research Journal. Also, students should complete the middle part of page 25 that starts as, "Now that I have.."
Vocabulary Strategies: -Use context clues around the unknown word (examples of the word in the text, embedded definition, antonym/synonym in the sentence) -Use a glossary -Look for word parts (prefixes or suffixes) -Use visuals or captions -Look it up in a dictionary or use an online dictionary -Ask a friend or adult We will begin our end of unit assessment tomorrow. Groups tomorrow will be A and B for guided reading.
1 Comment
|
Archives
January 2017
Categories |