Vocabulary Strategies
Four Square Strategy (Shanker & Ekwall, 198)
salubrious
surfing
1 2
4 3
any aspect of life
that is healthy
Example Sentence:
eating junk food
Texture
smooth
rough
sharp
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Where they come from
Volcanoes __________
Ocean
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Color
black
brown
white
other
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Luster
shiny
dull
glassy
greasy
Property: how a
thing looks, feels,
smells, tastes, or
sounds
Hardness
soft
medium
hard
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Other Properties
particles __________
layers __________
crystals __________
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Anticipation Guide
Directions: Read each statement and write yes in the blank if you support it and write no in the
blank if you do not support it. After you read the selection, revisit each statement.
Before Reading
After Reading
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Children should be obedient to their parents
even if it means having to do something they
don’t want to do.
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Marriage should be based only on love.
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We should not be allowed to cut down trees
in the rain forests.
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Friends should always keep secrets.
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KWL – Deserts
What We Know
Life in the Desert
Names of Deserts
Characteristics Of Deserts
Words Connected to Desert
What We Want to Know
What We Learned
Think- Sheet
Compare/ Contrast
(Englert, 1990)
What two things are you comparing and contrasting?
On what feature?
Alike
Different
On what feature?
Alike
Different
On what feature?
Alike
Different
Setting 1
Setting 2
Character 1 (Pencil)
Character 2 (Blue Pen)
Character 3 (Red Pen)
C-SPACE
(MacArther, Schwartz & Graham, 1991)
Conclusion
Action
Emotions
Title
Problem
Characters
Setting
Reading Passage Summary
Chapter Title:
Characters
Setting
Problems
Unfamiliar Words
What I Wonder
Main Idea:
Details:
Outcomes