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Vocabulary

Vocabulary. Test Prep Practice Day 1. Vocabulary Standards. LA.3.1.6.3 - The student will use context clues to determine meanings of unfamiliar words.

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Vocabulary

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  1. Vocabulary Test Prep Practice Day 1

  2. Vocabulary Standards • LA.3.1.6.3 - The student will use context clues to determine meanings of unfamiliar words. • LA.3.1.6.7 -The student will use meaning of familiar base words and affixes (prefixes and suffixes) to determine meanings of unfamiliar complex words. • LA.3.1.6.8 - The student will use knowledge of antonyms, synonyms, homophones, and homographs to determine meanings of words. • LA.3.1.6.9 -The student will determine the correct meaning of words with multiple meanings in context. (and Analyze Words in Text) • LA.3.1.6.6 The student will identify shades of meaning in related words (e.g., blaring, loud).

  3. Context Clues :clues authors give to the meaning of words Example Practice • Look how they rotate their big soft ears from left to right. • Rotate must mean to move from one side to another. Our clue is an example within the sentence. • I’m going to shoot the deer with a small amount of tranquilizer to make them sleep for a little while. • Q: What does tranquilizer mean? • A. poison to kill the deer • B. medicine to make the deer go to sleep

  4. Base Words:words that words parts can be added to Example Practice • Base word: read • Read, a base word, with parts added: reread, reading, reader, misread • Base word: happy • Happy, a base word, with parts added: happily, unhappy, happiness, happier • Which word has the same base word as jolly? • A. jolt • B. jolliest • C. holly

  5. Affixes: prefixes & suffixesword parts added to change the meaning of a word Example Practice • re is a prefix meaning “again” • write, rewrite (to write again) • ly is a suffix meaning “in a way that” • angry, angrily (in a way that is angry) • Sentence: Hold on tightly! • Q: If tight means firm, what does tightly mean? • A. to make firm • B. Able to be firm • C. one who is firm • D. In a way that is firm

  6. Synonyms: Words that have similar meanings& Antonyms: Words that have opposite meanings Example Practice • tired and sleepy are synonyms • they have similar meanings • asleep and awake are antonyms • they have opposite meanings • Q: Which pair of words have almost the same meaning? • A. like, dislike • B. noticed, detected • C. clean, sweep

  7. Homophones/homonyms& Multiple meaning words Example Practice • Words can have more than one meaning • Word: Pin • 1. The bowling pin fell. • 2. Please, pin the ribbon on me. • 3. I used a safety pin to attach the name tag. • Sentence: Birds make nests from many different materials the find in the wild. • Q: Which sentence uses “wild” the same as it is used above? • A. The wild kitten would not let us pet it. • B. I enjoyed swimming in the wild waves. • C. We saw beautiful flowers growing in the wild.

  8. Analyze words in text Example Practice • Authors use specific words to create certain feelings when you read a text. • You can analyze why an author uses specific words. • An author might use the word “detest” to create a feeling of hate. • Sentence: Birds can use our junk for their nests, but they need a lot of natural materials. • Q: What feeling does the word junk create? • A. alarm • B. dislike • C. uncertainty • D. worry

  9. Shades of meaning:Similar words with different strengths in meaning Example Practice • The bear devoured the fish. • The author uses the word “devoured” instead of “ate” to show that the bear ate the fish hungrily, or greedily. So, the bear ate, but in a very hungry and greedy way. • Sentence: A young blackbird clung to a cattail stem near his nest. • Q: Why did the author use the word “clung” instead of “held on”? To show that the blackbird… • A. grips the stem tightly • B. is ready to fly from the stem. • C. Hugs the stem in a playful way.

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