Fourth Grade Vocabulary MiniLessons Context Clues MultiMeaning Words
Fourth Grade Vocabulary Mini-Lessons: Context Clues & Multi-Meaning Words And Rooting Out Meaning: Morpheme Match-Up Teresa Norlander, Sandy Steele, Jennifer Tolson, and Lauren Walls RDG/420 June 1, 2015 Pinkey Dukes
Learning Outcomes: �CCSS. ELA-Literacy. CCRA. L. 4 Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases by using context clues, analyzing meaningful word parts, and consulting general and specialized reference materials, as appropriate. �Lesson Focus: Students will understand what context clues and multiple meaning words are and how they relate to reading comprehension.
I can understand the meaning of unfamiliar words by using context clues. �Turn and tell your neighbor about any words that you know that may have more than one meaning. �Give them an example of your words using sentences. �Words can be used in lots of ways in stories and books. �A word’s meaning changes depending on how it is being used in the text.
Context Clues
�How does glove investigation help us understand context clues? �Gloves can be used for different purposes. �The objects shown gave us clues to show different purposes for the gloves. �This is just like when we use “context clues” to help us understand words.
�Let’s play Context Connection! �On the next slides you will see two clues. �Think about the context of the pictures and what word it can be connected to. �Write a word that can fit in both contexts on your response board. �When I say “ 1, 2, 3, show me” put your response board in the air!
What word could fit both contexts? B E W �The spider worked frantically to build its web. �The class completed their research using information from the web. Roc k Igneous rock is formed from molten volcanic material. Rock is a popular type of music in the U. S.
School �The school bus rocked back and forth on the bumpy road. �The school of fish swam in unison together in the dark ocean. m a e t S �The soup was steaming with a spicy smell. �He was steaming at the umpire after striking out.
Summarize the Lesson: • Gloves can be used in different contexts, just like words. • A word’s meaning is dependent on what context it is used. • Multiple-meaning words have more than one meaning and can usually be used in many different contexts.
Learning Outcomes: �CCSS. ELA-Literacy. CCRA. L. 4. 41. Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases based on Grade 4 reading and content, choosing flexibly from a range of strategies. [L. 4. 4] L. 4. 41. b. Use common, grade-appropriate Greek and Latin affixes and roots as clues to the meaning of a word (e. g. , telegraph, photograph, autograph). [L. 4. 4 b] L. 4. 41. c. 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. [L. 4. 4 c] (readwritethink. org) �Lesson Focus: Students will use their knowledge or morphemes to define and create words.
Rooting Out Meaning
Morphemes: � Auto � Graph � Micro � Mobile � Phone � Re � Scope � Scribe � Sub � Tele � Vision � Way All images found in a Google image search.
� Reflection: � How did students perform? � What were their strengths? Needs? � Individual Assessment of Students: � Were the students able to compile a list of words containing the given morphemes? � Were the students able to use the dictionary to confirm the meaning and spelling of words? � Were students able to use the morpheme match-up cards to build words? � Did students work effectively as a group? � Students evaluate their own performance: � Allow students access to a dictionary (book or computer) to define their groups’ words � Groups share what words are in the dictionary and which words are not (readwritethink. org)
Summarize the Lesson: Some words are created with morphemes, each with their own meaning/definition. • Example: Automobile (cars) is composed of 2 morphemes - auto & mobile – which means selfmoving. Cars can move on their own. • Knowing the definition of each morpheme in a word will help to understand the definition of the whole world (Hoffner, 2015). • Example: Subway – sub & way – under-move, meaning it is something that moves under something else. Our subways move under the ground we walk on (Hoffner, 2015). •
References: Hoffner, H. (2015). Rooting Out Meaning: Morpheme Match-Ups in the Primary Grades. Retrieved from http: //www. readwritethink. org/classroomresources/lesson-plans/rooting-meaningmorpheme-match-880. html? tab=1#tabs
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