Scott Foresman Reading Street

Vocabulary Strategy

Use context clues to determine word meaning for multiple-meaning words.

INTRODUCE

Discuss the strategy of context clues using the steps on p. 62.

TEACH

Have students read "More Than a Hobby," paying attention to how vocabulary is used.
Model using context clues to determine the meaning of labeled.

MODEL The word labeled on
p. 63 refers to the owner putting something on each rock to show what kind it is and how much it costs. So, labeled means "marking something to identify it in some way."

Whole Group Discuss the Question of the Day. Then use pp. 62–65.

Group Time
Differentiated Instruction

Rocks in His Head. See pp. 60f–60g for the small group lesson plan.

Reading

Language Arts
Use pp. 85e–85h and
85k–85m.

Whole Group Use pp. 85a
and 85i.

Grouping Options

PRACTICE AND ASSESS

Have students determine the meanings of the remaining words and explain the context clues they used to figure out the meaning of multiple-meaning words.
Point out that context does not work with every multiple-meaning word. Students may have to use the glossary or a dictionary to find the exact meaning of some words.
Have students revise their word meaning chart (p. 62b) refining their usage and definitions of vocabulary words.
Have students complete Practice Book 3.2, p. 25.

WRITE Writing should include

vocabulary words that tell about the kind of shop the students would like to have and explain why they want to open this type of shop.

then… use Tested Vocabulary Cards.

If… students need more practice with the lesson vocabulary,

Context Clues

Practice Book 3.2 p. 25

with | without Answers

As you read “More Than a Hobby,” look for
words that might have more than one meaning. Remember to use nearby words to figure out a new meaning.

Try the new meaning in the sentence. Does it
make sense?

If it doesn’t make sense, perhaps it has
another meaning. Read on and look at
the words around it. Can you figure out
another meaning?

Try the meaning of the word that you know.
Does it make sense in the sentence?

Context Clues Sometimes when you are reading, you may see a word you know but whose
meaning doesn’t make sense in the sentence.
The word may have more than one meaning.
For example, bear means “a large furry
animal,” but it also can mean “to carry.”

for Multiple-Meaning Words

Vocabulary Strategy

Over time, your small
business grows large, and you
become the chairman of the
board. And all from a hobby.

So you open a rock shop.
Every rock in the shop is
labeled, telling all about it
and how much it costs. This
really impresses your very
first customer, so he buys
several rocks. You are on
your way.

you talk with other rock
collectors. You begin to think,
“Maybe this isn’t just a hobby.
Could it be a business?”

As you get older, you
learn more about rocks, and

Perhaps you collect a few
rocks here and a few rocks
there. Then one day you
realize that the shelves in
your room are bulging with
rocks. So you move them
to the basement or the attic
where there is more space.

It starts out as a hobby.
As a child, you collect stamps
or toy cars or rocks. At first,
collecting is an activity you
do in your spare time or after
doing your chores.

Try the strategy.
Then, if you need
more help, use your
glossary or a
dictionary.

board

customer

labeled

attic

chores

spare

stamps

What kind of shop would you like to open? Write
about your shop. Use as many words from
the Words to Know list as you can.



	Close
	Access Content Use ELL Poster 18 to preteach vocabulary. Choose from the following to meet language proficiency levels. Beginning Point out clues on p. 63 (buys several rocks) that show that customer means a person who buys goods or services from a store. Intermediate After reading, students can create a three-column chart that shows words that have multiple meanings. The word is listed on the left, and the two different meanings are in columns on the right. Advanced Teach the lesson on pp. 62–63. Students can research and write English definitions, in their own words, for the vocabulary words. For example, stamps might be defined as "little pieces of paper stuck on envelopes." Have students discuss their definitions with classmates. Context Clues Have students work in pairs to follow the steps on p. 62. Encourage them to list clues for an unknown word and then decide together the best meaning for it.