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 * Mini Lessons on Understanding and Remembering Word Meanings

1) Semester 1(Fall) 2) Semester 2 (Winter) 3) Semester 3 (Spring)
 * Guess and Adjust
 * Building background knowledge, using word parts to predict word meaning, figuring out words using context related to the authors purpose
 * Keywords Web
 * Develop the habit of creating connections between new words and the concepts that need to be learned.
 * Fig Fags(Figuring out Figurative Language)
 * Figurative language such as analogies, metaphors, and symbols.
 * List-Group-Label Plus
 * Emphasizes connections between words and concepts from texts
 * New Words in Context Chart
 * Think about word meanings then remember them
 * Scuba Diving into Word Meanings
 * Remember the important steps of figuring out an unfamiliar word.
 * Self-Selected Vocab Quizzes
 * Gives students choice in what they will learn.
 * Two-Word Sentence Stickies
 * Putting two keywords into one sentence
 * Word Remembering
 * Helps remembers important words

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