Unit: Vocabulary Lessons

I can use the context to find the meaning of a word when other words help describe the word.

Today’s purpose of learning is to define the meaning of context and to identify 5 ways to figure out meanings of unknown words.

Today’s purpose of learning is to use context to find the meaning of a word, when the meaning is clearly given or restated.

Today’s purpose of learning is to recognize words where you have to drop the final e when you add an ending.

Today’s purpose of learning is to identify and re-write words where you have to drop the final e when you add the suffix -ing.

Today’s purpose of learning is to identify and re-write words where you have to drop the final e when you add the suffixes -ed and -es.

Objective: Students will be able to create a word wall that they can take with them to use as a resource in writing and homework.

Teacher will be able to teach and use a variety of word work activities.

Objective : Students will be able to identify common prefixes and suffixes and how they affect the meanings of those words.

Objective : Students will be able to identify common prefixes and suffixes and how they affect the meanings of those words.

Objective: Students will be able to identify a simile as a comparison of two words and identify whether the comparison is a good comparison or a bad comparison.

Students will be able to create a puzzle that identifies the meanings of common prefixes.

Objective: Students will be able to create suffix puzzle that combines a root word with a suffix to create a new word. Suffix puzzles:

Objective: Students will be able to identify the meaning of a word by reading the sentence before the word and after the word that it is in the sentence.