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F., Font, G., Edwards, E. C., & Boland, E. (2005). Strategies for teaching middle-grade students to use word-part and context clues. In E. H. Hiebert & M. L. Kamil (Eds.), Teaching and learning vocabulary: Bringing research to practice. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates; and Diamond, L., & Gutlohn, L. (2006) . Vocabulary handbook. Berkeley, CA: Consortium on Reading Excellence.\u003Cbr>inTroducTion |\n| --- |\n| Once you have taught students about word parts and context clues, you can teach them how to combine these two strategies into a system, or routine, for figuring out the meaning of unknown words. The Vocabulary Strategy is a systematic way of thinking through the process of discovering the meaning of an unknown word during reading. The goal, of course, is for your students to use this strategy independently and in a variety of settings.\u003Cbr>objecTive |\n| Students will use the Vocabulary Strategy worksheet to guide them through the process of using word parts and context clues to figure out the meaning of unknown words.\u003Cbr>maTerialS |\n\n• Vocabulary Strategy Chart (see Appendix) .  \n• Vocabulary Strategy Worksheet transparency and student copies (see Appendix) .  \n• Sample text with vocabulary words.  \n• Dictionaries.  \n• Science or social studies text.  \nThe Reading Teacher’s Sourcebook 211  \nTeacher:  \nWhen you are reading on your own and you come to a word for which you do not know the meaning, what is one way you can figure out the meaning of the word?  \nAccept responses.  \nYes, Candace, you can try to break the word into parts. What are some of the parts that may give you a clue to the word’s meaning?  \nAccept responses.  \nCorrect, you can look at prefixes, suffixes, and root words. Can anyone remember another way to find out what a word means?  \nAccept responses.  \nYes, we can look at context clues. Where do we find context clues? Accept responses.  \nExactly, in the words and phrases around the unknown word. Raise your hand if you can remember one type of context clue that we have learned.  \nQuickly review the five types of context clues you have already taught: definition, synonym, antonym, example, and general.  \nSTaTe objecTive/purpoSe   \nGenre: Expository or narrative  \nTeacher:  \nYou have already learned several different ways to figure out unknown words by yourself as you are reading. Today I am going to show you how to think through using both word parts and context clues to figure out the meaning of unknown words as you read. Raise your hand if you can tell me what might happen if you just skip over words that you don’t know.  \nAccept responses.  \nThat’s right, you probably won’t understand what you are reading. What does the prefix mis-mean, Sylvia? Yes, mis-means “wrong”. So, Sylvia, if you misunderstand what you are reading, you do what? Yes, you understand it wrong. Would that be confusing? Good, so today I am going to teach you the Vocabulary Strategy. This strategy will help you use your knowledge of word parts and context clues to figure out the meaning of unfamiliar words.  \n212 The Reading Teacher’s Sourcebook  \nGrouping: Whole class  \n1. Present the following chart to the class and read through each step.  \nFigure 96. The Vocabulary Strategy Chart.  \n\n| The Vocabulary Strategy |\n| --- |\n| If you read a word that you do not understand:\u003Cbr>1. Look for CONTEXT CLUES. Reread the sentence and the surrounding sentences.\u003Cbr>2. Can you break the WORD into PARTS? (If not, go to Step 3.)\u003Cbr>a. Is there a PREFIX? What does it mean?\u003Cbr>b. Is there a SUFFIX? What does it mean?\u003Cbr>c. Is there a ROOT WORD? What does it mean?\u003Cbr>d. Put the meaning of the word parts together. What is the meaning of the whole word?\u003Cbr>3. GUESS what the word means.\u003Cbr>4. INSERT your meaning into the original sentence to see whether it makes sense.\u003Cbr>5. If needed, use the DICTIONARY to confirm your meaning. |\n\nBased on Baumann, J. 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