L.6

L.6.4 Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases based on grade 6 reading and content, choosing flexibly from a range of strategies.

10 Lesson(s)

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Learn-a-Word: Science Vocabulary Acquisition

6th Grade Science » Unit: Communicating Scientifically

Erin Greenwood

Boulder, CO

Environment: Suburban

Big Idea:

Science vocabulary is hard to learn! Students collaborate to create meaningful and useful resources to learn and retain science vocabulary.

Standards:

W.6.2d SL.6.5 L.6.4 L.6.6 SP8

Favorites (48)

Resources (18)

Reflections (1)

Using Context Clues to Define Vocabulary

6th Grade ELA » Unit: Vocabulary with Rigor

Amy Coughanour

Glendale, AZ

Environment: Urban

Big Idea:

Get a clue! (from the other words in the sentence...)

Standards:

RL.6.4 RI.6.4 L.6.4

Favorites (49)

Resources (14)

Reflections (1)

Read for Meaning: The Sound of Summer Running

6th Grade ELA » Unit: Character Change: Short Stories

Sue Andrews

Shrewsbury, MA

Environment: Suburban

Big Idea:

Uncovering the literal meaning of a story takes skill.

Standards:

RL.6.1 RL.6.3 L.6.4 L.6.5

Favorites (11)

Resources (13)

Reflections (1)

Vocabulary Pyramid

6th Grade ELA » Unit: Vocabulary with Rigor

Amy Coughanour

Glendale, AZ

Environment: Urban

Big Idea:

A competitive vocabulary activity that helps students make meaning out of new words!

Standards:

RL.6.4 RI.6.4 L.6.4

Favorites (17)

Resources (11)

Reflections (1)

Student Led Vocabulary Instruction

6th Grade ELA » Unit: Vocabulary with Rigor

Amy Coughanour

Glendale, AZ

Environment: Urban

Big Idea:

You learn what you teach.

Standards:

RL.6.4 RI.6.4 L.6.4

Favorites (14)

Resources (13)

Reflections (1)

Tying it All Together

6th Grade ELA » Unit: Unit 2: Part II Elements of Fiction

Tiffany Rose

Plainfield, IL

Environment: Suburban

Big Idea:

Students process all the figurative language working with the definitions, text, and passages to explain meaning.

Standards:

RL.6.1 RL.6.4 L.6.4 L.6.5

Favorites (9)

Resources (18)

Reflections (1)

More Vocabulary CODE Strategies

6th Grade ELA » Unit: Vocabulary with Rigor

Amy Coughanour

Glendale, AZ

Environment: Urban

Big Idea:

Crack the code to find the meaning of words.

Standards:

RL.6.4 RI.6.4 L.6.4

Favorites (5)

Resources (15)

Reflections (1)

Word Diagrams

6th Grade ELA » Unit: Vocabulary with Rigor

Amy Coughanour

Glendale, AZ

Environment: Urban

Big Idea:

What is it like? What is it NOT like?

Standards:

RL.6.4 RI.6.6 L.6.4

Favorites (4)

Resources (7)

Reflections (1)

Vocabulary Videos

6th Grade ELA » Unit: Vocabulary with Rigor

Amy Coughanour

Glendale, AZ

Environment: Urban

Big Idea:

Can you teach the class a new word?

Standards:

RL.6.4 RI.6.4 L.6.4

Favorites (3)

Resources (10)

Reflections (1)

Vocabulary At The Pond

6th Grade Science » Unit: Pond Study: Preparing for the Science Fair

Laura Riley

Westmont, IL

Environment: Suburban

Big Idea:

Building vocabulary is an important skill. Through a variety of interactions with a word, students will increase their understanding and achievement.

Standards:

RI.6.4 L.6.4

Favorites (1)

Resources (9)

Reflections (1)

L.6.4a

Use context (e.g., the overall meaning of a sentence or paragraph; a word's position or function in a sentence) as a clue to the meaning of a word or phrase.

4 Lesson(s)

L.6.4b

Use common, grade-appropriate Greek or Latin affixes and roots as clues to the meaning of a word (e.g., audience, auditory, audible).

2 Lesson(s)

L.6.4c

Consult reference materials (e.g., dictionaries, glossaries, thesauruses), both print and digital, to find the pronunciation of a word or determine or clarify its precise meaning or its part of speech.

1 Lesson(s)

L.6.4d

Verify the preliminary determination of the meaning of a word or phrase (e.g., by checking the inferred meaning in context or in a dictionary).

Common Core ELA

Kindergarten

Counting & Cardinality

Operations & Algebraic Thinking

Number & Operations in Base Ten

Measurement and Data

Geometry

First Grade

Operations & Algebraic Thinking

Number & Operations in Base Ten

Measurement and Data

Geometry

Second Grade

Operations & Algebraic Thinking

Number & Operations in Base Ten

Measurement and Data

Geometry

Third Grade

Operations & Algebraic Thinking

Number & Operations in Base Ten

Numbers & Operations-Fractions

Measurement and Data

Geometry

Fourth Grade

Operations & Algebraic Thinking

Number & Operations in Base Ten

Number & Operations—Fractions

Measurement and Data

Geometry

Fifth Grade

Operations & Algebraic Thinking

Number & Operations in Base Ten

Number & Operations—Fractions

Measurement & Data

Geometry

Sixth Grade

Ratios & Proportional Relationships

The Number System

Expressions & Equations

Geometry

Statistics & Probability

Seventh Grade

Ratios & Proportional Relationships

The Number System

Expressions & Equations

Geometry

Statistics & Probability

Eighth Grade

The Number System

Expressions & Equations

Functions

Geometry

Statistics & Probability

HS Number & Quantity

The Real Number System

Quantities

The Complex Number System

Vector & Matrix Quantities

HS Algebra

Seeing Structure in Expressions

Arithmetic with Polynomials & Rational Expressions

Creating Equations*

Reasoning with Equations & Inequalities

HS Functions

Interpreting Functions

Building Functions

Linear, Quadratic, & Exponential Models*

Trigonometric Functions

HS Geometry

Congruence

Similarity, Right Triangles, & Trigonometry

Circles

Expressing Geometric Properties with Equations

Geometric Measurement & Dimension

Modeling with Geometry

HS Statistics & Probability

Interpreting Categorical & Quantitative Data

Making Inferences & Justifying Conclusions

Conditional Probability & the Rules of Probability

Using Probability to Make Decisions

Kindergarten

Reading: Literature

Reading: Informational Text

Reading: Foundational Skills

Writing

Speaking & Listening

Language

First Grade

Reading: Literature

Reading: Informational Text

Reading: Foundational Skills

Writing

Speaking & Listening

Language

Second Grade

Reading: Literature

Reading: Informational Text

Reading: Foundational Skills

Writing

Speaking & Listening

Language

Third Grade

Reading: Literature

Reading: Informational Text

Reading: Foundational Skills

Writing

Speaking & Listening

Language

Fourth Grade

Reading: Literature

Reading: Informational Text

Reading: Foundational Skills

Writing

Speaking & Listening

Language

Fifth Grade

Reading: Literature

Reading: Informational Text

Reading: Foundational Skills

Writing

Speaking & Listening

Language

Sixth Grade

Reading: Literature

Reading: Informational Text

Writing

Speaking & Listening

Language

Reading: History/Social Studies

Reading: Science & Technical Subjects

Writing: History/Social Studies, Science, & Technical Subjects

Seventh Grade

Reading: Literature

Reading: Informational Text

Writing

Speaking & Listening

Language

Reading: History/Social Studies

Reading: Science & Technical Subjects

Writing: History/Social Studies, Science, & Technical Subjects

Eighth Grade

Reading: Literature

Reading: Informational Text

Writing

Speaking & Listening

Language

Reading: History/Social Studies

Reading: Science & Technical Subjects

Writing: History/Social Studies, Science, & Technical Subjects

Ninth and Tenth Grade

Reading: Literature

Reading: Informational Text

Writing

Speaking & Listening

Language

Reading: History/Social Studies

Reading: Science & Technical Subjects

Writing: History/Social Studies, Science, & Technical Subjects

Eleventh and Twelfth Grade

Reading: Literature

Reading: Informational Text

Writing

Speaking & Listening

Language

Reading: History/Social Studies

Reading: Science & Technical Subjects

Writing: History/Social Studies, Science, & Technical Subjects

Kindergarten

Physical Sciences

Life Sciences

Earth and Space Sciences

Engineering, Technology, and Applications of Science

First grade

Physical Sciences

Life Sciences

Earth and Space Sciences

Engineering, Technology, and Applications of Science

Second grade

Physical Sciences

Life Sciences

Earth and Space Sciences

Engineering, Technology, and Applications of Science

Third Grade

Physical Sciences

Life Sciences

Earth and Space Sciences

Engineering, Technology, and Applications of Science

Fourth grade

Physical Sciences

Life Sciences

Earth and Space Sciences

Engineering, Technology, and Applications of Science

Fifth grade

Physical Sciences

Life Sciences

Earth and Space Sciences

Engineering, Technology, and Applications of Science

Middle School

Physical Sciences

Life Sciences

Earth and Space Sciences

Engineering, Technology, and Applications of Science

High School

Physical Sciences

Life Sciences

Earth and Space Sciences

Engineering, Technology, and Applications of Science

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L.6

L.6.4

Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases based on grade 6 reading and content, choosing flexibly from a range of strategies.

Learn-a-Word: Science Vocabulary Acquisition

Science vocabulary is hard to learn! Students collaborate to create meaningful and useful resources to learn and retain science vocabulary.

Using Context Clues to Define Vocabulary

Get a clue! (from the other words in the sentence...)

Read for Meaning: The Sound of Summer Running

Uncovering the literal meaning of a story takes skill.

Vocabulary Pyramid

A competitive vocabulary activity that helps students make meaning out of new words!

Student Led Vocabulary Instruction

You learn what you teach.

Tying it All Together

Students process all the figurative language working with the definitions, text, and passages to explain meaning.

More Vocabulary CODE Strategies

Crack the code to find the meaning of words.

Word Diagrams

What is it like? What is it NOT like?

Vocabulary Videos

Can you teach the class a new word?

Vocabulary At The Pond

Building vocabulary is an important skill. Through a variety of interactions with a word, students will increase their understanding and achievement.

L.6.4a

Use context (e.g., the overall meaning of a sentence or paragraph; a word's position or function in a sentence) as a clue to the meaning of a word or phrase.

L.6.4b

Use common, grade-appropriate Greek or Latin affixes and roots as clues to the meaning of a word (e.g., audience, auditory, audible).

L.6.4c

Consult reference materials (e.g., dictionaries, glossaries, thesauruses), both print and digital, to find the pronunciation of a word or determine or clarify its precise meaning or its part of speech.

L.6.4d

Verify the preliminary determination of the meaning of a word or phrase (e.g., by checking the inferred meaning in context or in a dictionary).

Kindergarten

First Grade

Second Grade

Third Grade

Fourth Grade

Fifth Grade

Sixth Grade

Seventh Grade

Eighth Grade

HS Number & Quantity

HS Algebra

HS Functions

HS Geometry

HS Statistics & Probability

Kindergarten

First Grade

Second Grade

Third Grade

Fourth Grade

Fifth Grade

Sixth Grade

Seventh Grade

Eighth Grade

Ninth and Tenth Grade

Eleventh and Twelfth Grade

Kindergarten

First grade

Second grade

Third Grade

Fourth grade

Fifth grade

Middle School

High School

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