WORD MEANING

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WORD MEANING
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DID YOU KNOW?
Students who are first entering school may have a
vocabulary of about 3,000 to 4,000 words. By the
time they complete school they should have
increase their vocabulary above 10,000 words.
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IS THIS IMPORTANT?
YOU BET!!
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WHY?
As your vocabulary grows so does your ability to
comprehend spoken and written words. This
ability helps you better understand the world
around you and better yet enables you to better
express you own thoughts and ideas to others.
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CAN YOU IMAGINE NOT ABLE TO EXPRESS YOURSELF?
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YOU WOULD APPEAR DIFFERENT
Other people would consider you inferior. They
might not spend time with you. Worse, they might
spend time with you and never know what you think
or how you feel.
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HOW DO YOU INCREASE YOUR VOCABULARY?
LEARN WORD MEANING!
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WHERE IS WORD MEANING?
EVERYWHERE Objective one
says students will determine the meaning of words
in a variety of written texts. This means that
whatever you read, you should be able to figure
out the meaning of those words that you have
never seen before.
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WHAT STRATEGIES CAN YOU USE?
Use your knowledge of prefixes and suffixes to
determine word meaning. Use context clues to
determine unfamiliar words.
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WHEN CAN YOU USE PREFIXES AND SUFFIXES?
Whenever you see example of prefixes and suffixes
being used. EXAMPLES PREFIXES
SUFFIXES Re- -able non-
-ful pre- -less mis-
-ly un- -ness
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SENTENCE EXAMPLES
Sometimes my sister and I do not have the same
opinion. Disagree Sarah is not
sure of the answer to that question.
Unsure Soon the painter arrived and everyone
clapped with a lot of noise. Loudly People
were acting with a lot of care not to bump over
the statue. Careful
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WHEN CAN YOU USE CONTEXT CLUES?
I use it all of the time, even at my age.
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WHAT ARE CONTEXT CLUES?
Context clues are when you see a new word in a
sentence and you get its meaning by looking at
other words in the sentence.
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CONTEXT CLUES EXAMPLES
Kelsey laughed at the clowns hilarious jokes.
Hilarious means funny since that is the kind of
joke that makes people laugh. Jordan got on the
Ferris wheel and ascended high into the air.
Ascended means _________. Why?
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RECAP
What was todays objective? Why is it important
for you to know it? How can you apply this
knowledge in everyday life? Can you connect this
new knowledge with past background knowledge you
already have? In closing do you see how what we
have just done, can help you?