Monday, February 24, 2014

#3 Stop after podcast Pages 183-190

Conscious reading is key to understanding vocabulary. A student must have strong meta-congition and note taking strategies to pick out and understand unknown vocabulary.
Word association activity - work in groups to clear up misconceptions
Different type of context clues( 1.Definitions 2.Signal Words 3. Direct Explanations 4. synonyms 5. antonyms 6. inferences)
Structural analysis- a basis of morphology can help students understand

Discover the words context
Isolate the prefix
Separate the suffix
Say the stem or root word
Examine the stem or root word
Check with someone
Try the dictions





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