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“The Search for Vocabulary”. Expanding our vocabulary through reading: The Search for Delicious By Natalie Babbitt. Unit Question: How does reading help me learn and understand new words? Essential Question: Why is reading important?. TEKS.
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“The Search for Vocabulary” Expanding our vocabulary through reading: The Search for Delicious By Natalie Babbitt
Unit Question: How does reading help me learn and understand new words? Essential Question: Why is reading important?
TEKS • 5) Reading/word identification. The student uses a variety of word identification strategies. The student is expected to: • (A) decode by using all letter-sound correspondences within a word (1-3) • (B) blend initial letter-sounds with common vowel spelling patterns to read words (1-3) • (C) identify multisyllabic words by using common syllable patterns (1-3) • (E) use knowledge of word order (syntax) and context to support word identification and confirm word meaning (1-3); and • (F) read both regular and irregular words automatically such as through multiple opportunities to read and reread (1-3).
SKILLS WE WILL MASTER: • Use context clues to discover the meanings to new words. • The proper use of a dictionary and other references to learn the definitions of new words. • To solidify the uses of irregular words • How to recognize words that have the same vowel sounds. “Girls only want boyfriends who have great skills.”
Individual Learning Strategies • Assigned reading and making lists of words not familiar with • Silent reading in class (10-15 min) • Write a paragraph on what the word “delicious” means to you using words learned in this unit
Group/Class Learning Activities • Students take turns reading aloud in reading groups of 2-3 or class • Play MadLibs as a class using selected words from The Search for Delicious • A project/presentation of the groups favorite word from our unit using varying references
References Babbitt, Natalie. The Search for Delicious. New York: The Trumpet Club, 1990. Armbruster, Bonnie and Jean Osborn. “Vocabulary Instruction.” September 2001. Put Reading First. National Institute for Literacy. 14 February 2007. <http://www.nifl.gov/partnershipforreading/publications/reading_first1.html>