PPT-Encountering Unfamiliar Words

Tips on understanding new vocabulary Hints About Meanings of New Words Sometimes when you read you have to be a word detective When you come to a new word in your reading the first thing you should do is decide whether you have to know the word in order to get the meaning of the paragraph . abnormalities Write Now:. In your writer’s notebook, please write what you predict . context clues. might be. . You can be a definition detective!. Have you ever read a sentence that had an unfamiliar word in it? Sometimes, when we see words that we don’t know, we don’t bother trying to figure it out. However, there are steps we can follow that can help us determine the definition of an unfamiliar word. Those steps are called . Syllabication is the process of analyzing the patterns of vowels and consonants in a word to determine where the word breaks into syllables. This enables readers and spellers to identify syllable types and their vowel sounds, recognize consonant diagraphs and blends, and thus arrive at an approximate pronunciation and spelling of the word.. Althea W. Peak. 2. nd. Grade . SWP Summer 2013. Digging Deep:. “Turn and Talk. ”. Children don’t have full vocabularies that they need, so word study and strategies are imperative. Cover up unfamiliar words and let kids use photos and illustrations to figure out the meaning. in Him and Reaching the World. Recap Encountering God:. Reveals Him. Reveals Your Purpose. Creates Change. EGR: Encountering God, Growing . in Him and Reaching the World. Invest. Your Time. -- Mt . 6:33 . Madison Elementary School District. Phoenix, Arizona, U.S.A.. jglueck@msd38.org. This product is meant for use in any classroom in which it will enrich the learning and the lives of children and may be freely shared among educators.. in Him and Reaching the World. Created to encounter the world by experience:. See. Hear. Smell. Taste. Touch/feel. EGR: Encountering God, Growing . in Him and Reaching the World. Ps 34:8 . "taste and see the Lord is good and blessed is the one who . What Are Context Clues?. Context clues are hints that help define strange words. Are often found in the sentence(s) around the unfamiliar word. We can find the meaning of words if we look closely at the sentences we are reading. Any text that you have never . - read. - heard. - seen. Steps for understanding an unfamiliar text. Step 1. read the text (out loud if you can. ). Step 2. . what do you notice about the:. - words. . spell simple words from memory and look for words in a dictionary. . Answer simple questions and give basic information using some full.. Understand and read aloud familiar phrases and look up words in a dictionary. . why Bother?. Vocabulary sharpens your communication.. Choosing words with greater precision. Understanding words you already know. Making communication simpler. Why Bother. Vocabulary opens your mind. 7 Strategies for Exploring Unfamiliar Vocabulary Forthcoming in Technical Communicationprojected publication date February 2020Awating final editing by journal146s copyeditorPrepublication distribution should be limited Please do not postopyright ci Definition / Main Idea . Definition. The author provides a definition of an unknown word in the sentence. The word is usually a familiar word or phrase.. . Clue Words. is / are. is / are called. was /were.