Language Architects: Words and Sounds · Vocabulary and Language

The Magic of New Words

Developing strategies to determine the meaning of unknown words and exploring word relationships.

Key Questions

  1. 1How can we use the words around a new word to figure out what it means?
  2. 2How do words like big, large, and huge feel different from each other?
  3. 3Why do authors choose specific words to describe things?

Common Core State Standards

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.K.4CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.K.6
Grade: Kindergarten
Subject: English Language Arts
Unit: Language Architects: Words and Sounds
Period: Vocabulary and Language

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