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LESSON PLAN: Word Parts Strategy Word Families ■■Preparation Learning Objective Students will learn the meaning of words in a word family by understanding the meaning of the root word. Pacing 45–55 minutes Suggested Readings Teacher’s Choice Brief Definition A word family is a group of words that share the same root. For example, reread, reading, readable, and reader all share the root word, read. A root is a single word that cannot be broken down into smaller words. Most often, when students understand the meaning of the root word, they can guess or infer the meaning of words in the word family. Why Use This Lesson Plan? This lesson plan suggests a sequence for classroom instruction about one word-learning strategy. Students need word-learning strategies because we cannot provide them with direct instruction in the meaning of all unfamiliar words. Approximately 60% of the new words a student encounters can be learned by analyzing their structure. Do Before Teaching See Also • Chapter 9: Graphic Organizers (Word Families) 1. Read through the lesson plan. 2. Select a News article that contains words from the same word family. 3. Write the words from the News article on the board. 4. Draw the Sample Word Family Graphic Organizer on the board. (See next page.) 5. Print copies of the Sample Word Family Graphic Organizer for students, if ineeded. ©2012 Achieve3000, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Achieve3000 Lesson Plan Word Parts Strategy: Word Families ■■Sample Word Family Graphic Organizer Root close Meaning of Root to shut, to bring together, to end, nearby closer a person who ends things; more nearby closest the most nearby closing shutting; getting more near ■■Teaching Routine Before Reading Introduce Lesson • Tell students that they will learn to use a strategy to understand the meaning of words based on word families. Teacher Direct Instruction/Modeling • Explain that word families are groups of words that share the same root. Remind them that a root is a single word that cannot be broken into smaller words. • Write a simple example of a word family on the board. Use a word family of your choice or use the word family in the Sample Word Family Graphic Organizer on previous page. 1. Model the following routine as you complete the graphic organizer : 2. What is the root? 3. What is the meaning of the root? 4. How does the meaning of the root help you guess or infer the meaning of each of the words in the word family? 5. What other words belong to this word family? ©2012 Achieve3000, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 2 Achieve3000 Lesson Plan Word Parts Strategy: Word Families Student Practice • Read a short passage that contains at least three words from the same word family. You can write your own passage or use the following: Sophie noticed movement in the tree branches. She moved closer to the window to check it out. Several small birds were moving from branch to branch, shaking the leaves. • Ask students to follow the routine that you modeled and complete the graphic organizer. • Have students create student-friendly definitions of each word. • In small groups or as a class, discuss the student definitions. Provide feedback that includes accurate student-friendly definitions and ask them to confirm the meaning that they came up with. • Optional extension activity: Have students enter their words into a student-friendly dictionary. During Reading Teacher Direct Instruction/Modeling • Identify a sentence from the article that contains one word from the word family. Student Practice • Ask students to identify other words from the article (and from elsewhere) that are part of the same word family. • Challenge students to identify other word families within the News article. After Reading Student Practice • After they are finished reading the News article, ask students to fill in a graphic organizer for each word family. • In small groups or as a class, ask students to share their graphic organizers. Have them think of other words that belong to the word families and add these to the graphic organizer. ©2012 Achieve3000, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 3