Download Reading Strategies: Interpreting

Phonics, Word Recognition, Vocabulary
191-200
Use Phonics to Decode Words
Recognizes
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words using hard g sound
words with similar ending sounds (gh)
Identifies
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words with long o vowel sound
words with same vowel sound (diphthong, oi)
words with same (long a, long e, long u, as in oo) vowel sound
Determines
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which word contains a given number of syllables
Divides
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words into syllables (double consonants, VCCV rule, closed syllables,
words containing two adjacent vowels –pronounced separately)
Use Word Recognition Skills
Infers
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meaning of nonsense word, adjective, and noun using context clues,
then selects a synonym or word that has the same meaning
meaning of adjective, participles, and verbs based on context and
sentence structure
general meaning of adjective (term not used) in paragraph of less than
3 sentences, noun and verb (terms not used) in sentence/ paragraph
general meaning of nonsense word (noun) in sentence
specific meaning of word with multiple meanings (nouns/verbs) given
in sentence/paragraph based on real life/familiar context
meaning of unknown word using context clues in a sentence, then
selects the word that is the opposite
meaning of base word given the meaning of words containing the base
word plus prefixes and/or suffixes
meaning of word given the meaning of its base word and prefixes
and/or suffixes
Analyzes
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sentences to determine specific meaning of homograph (term not
used) (e.g., control, matter, stand)
similar words to determine meaning of prefix
prefixes and root words (meaning of each part given) to construct a
word with a given meaning
Chooses
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among alternate meanings for homograph (term not used) based on
context given in sentence (e.g., depressed, gorge, yarn)
synonym (term not used) for given adjective, noun, and verb
prefix that when added to a given root word will best complete a given
statement (e.g., inter-, de-, mis-, re-, in-, dis-, tri-, pre-)
root word plus correct prefix to complete a given statement
correct word based on context and knowledge of a suffix (-ist)
Phonics, Word Recognition, Vocabulary
191-200
Use Word Recognition Skills (cont’d)
Identifies
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pairs of snyonyms (term not used) using contex clues in a paragraph
pairs of adjectives that are synonyms (term defined) or mean the same
thing
word that is a synonym for a given verb
word that is closest in meaning to a given noun/verb
particular homophone that fits the definition given
addition of suffix (-ing)
words that do not make compound words
words that come from the same root or base word
word that is an antonym (term defined)
pairs of opposites (verbs)
words that mean the opposite of a given adjective
Recognizes
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multiple meanings of homographs
prefix common to a given group of words
words containing prefixes
Distinguishes
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between root words and words with suffixes
Names
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root word / base word found within larger word
Gives
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meaning of words (meaning of root given) that contains prefix (il-)
Selects
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correct prefix to give root word a given meaning (un-, in-, pre-, ex-,
out-)
correct word when given the definition of the suffix, suffix and root
word
correct suffix (-tion) to change the meaning of a word
correct definition of a suffix (-or) in context
correct contraction based on context in sentence
Uses
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context to determine meaning of prefix (pre-)
prefixes, suffixes, and root words ( meaning of each part given) to
construct word with a given meaning
Build and Apply Vocabulary
New Vocabulary: word root