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Introduction
Welcome to Wordly Wise i3000! This guide provides an overview of the various practice activities your students will encounter. These activities are designed to help embed vocabulary words in long-term memory and enhance students' understanding and usage of new words.
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Overview of Practice Activities
In Wordly Wise i3000, students will engage in various practice activities that vary by lesson and grade level. Here’s a comprehensive list of these activities and what they entail:
Words and Their Meanings
Description: Students either select the word that matches a given definition or the definition that matches a given word.
Objective: Helps embed words and meanings in memory.
Completing Sentences
Description: Students choose the phrase that correctly completes each sentence using context clues.
Objective: Deepens word knowledge through exposure to correct word usage in different contexts.
Seeing Connections
Description: Students identify the word that does not relate to the others in a group of four words.
Objective: Encourages categorization and classification of words based on meaning similarities and differences.
Making Connections / Understanding Word Relationships
Description: Students relate new words to words they already know.
Objective: Helps students own and retain new words by linking them with familiar words.
Applying Meanings
Description: Students answer questions that use vocabulary words in specific contexts.
Objective: Uses students’ full knowledge of each word’s meaning built in previous activities.
Using Context Clues
Description: Students complete sentences by selecting the correct word from four choices based on context clues.
Objective: Teaches how to use context to determine the best-fitting word.
Using Words in Context
Description: Students determine whether vocabulary words are used correctly in given sentences.
Objective: Reinforce understanding of word meanings through contextual usage.
Just the Right Word
Description: Students fill in the blanks in sentences with vocabulary words or their forms, using context clues and hints.
Objective: Provides practice in relating words to their meanings.
Word Study
Description: Activities like identifying synonyms and antonyms, exploring prefixes and suffixes, solving analogies, and learning roots.
Objective: Deepens word knowledge and understanding of word structures.
Determining Meanings
Description: Students complete sentences with words from the word list, using their knowledge of roots, suffixes, and prefixes.
Objective: Helps determine if words correctly complete sentences based on their forms.
Finding Meanings
Description: Students match two phrases to form a correct and complete sentence.
Objective: Uses contextual and syntactical information to find accurate word meanings.
Understanding Meanings
Description: Students identify correct and incorrect definitions in sentences and rewrite incorrect sentences.
Objective: Enhances understanding of word meanings through correction and rewriting.
Determining Precise Meaning
Description: Students read a sentence with a vocabulary word and then choose the paraphrase that accurately conveys the same meaning.
Objective: Refines understanding of precise word meanings in context.
Using Words
Description: Students decide if a vocabulary word correctly completes each of the three sentences.
Objective: Tests knowledge of word meanings and proper usage in sentences.
Images of Words
Description: Students select sentences that correctly illustrate the meaning of a given word.
Objective: Applies word meanings in sophisticated contexts.
Understanding Contextual Meanings
Description: Students identify correct and incorrect uses of vocabulary words and write original sentences using the words correctly.
Objective: Ensures comprehension and correct usage through writing practice.
Conclusion
These practice activities are integral to the Wordly Wise i3000 program, helping students internalize vocabulary and improve their language skills. By engaging with these activities, students will enhance their word knowledge, understanding, and application in various contexts.
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