Today all three classes worked on putting the DISSECT strategy to work on some words that they didn't know. We took our words from The Hunger Games-page 22 & 23. That story is full of hard words and several students weren't understanding them as they read.
Here are the words missed by a student as she read orally to me from Hunger Games-Page 22 & 23:
tribute synonymous
corpse pained
recognition occasion
huddled presented
valor
We looked for prefixes and suffixes to dissect off and then examined the stem (root word that is left).
The students did a good job breaking the words down to be able to pronounce them. But they need more practice using skills to determine the meaning of words. Here are two words that they learned the meanings for today: redolence & kin.
Vocabulary is going to be our focus this week especially using the context to help look at word meanings.
Look for words that are difficult as you read. They add so much to your reading.
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