UNIT X 6 | UNIT 1 Instructional Routine: Vocabulary p. Txxiii Vocabulary in Context • Preview vocabulary Have students preview new vocabulary by pointing out the terms and matching images. Ask: Which of these words do you know? Direct volunteers to share responses. • Use illustrations to clarify word meanings Have volunteers read the example sentences and discuss the images to aid comprehension. Ask: How can the sentences and pictures help you understand new words? Use the vocabulary routine to teach any unfamiliar words. • Classify vocabulary Have students identify the weather words in the vocabulary. Ask: Which words describe extreme weather? Write the headings on the board, wind, wind and water, water, no water. Say: Extreme weather is caused by an excess or too much of a weather element. Call on volunteers to write the words under the correct headings. (wind: tornado; wind and water: hurricane, blizzard; water: thunderstorm, flood; no water: drought) • Play a vocabulary game Direct students to draw pictures of the vocabulary items on small pieces of paper. Working in pairs, they combine their pictures, turn them all face down on the desk, and mix them up. Students take turns choosing two pieces of paper. If the pictures are the same and they can identify the object, the student gets to keep the pictures. If not, they turn the pictures face down in the same location and the other student tries. This is both a memory game and a matching game. The student with the most pictures at the end is the winner. EXPLORE AND LEARN DIFFERENTIATED INSTRUCTION Scaffold Have students take turns. One student reads a vocabulary word aloud and their partner points to the correct picture. Then they change roles. Amplify Have students use new terms in written paragraphs about their own personal experiences. Display a model paragraph with the new terms underlined: The meteorologist saw that a hurricane was coming closer. She warned people to unplug their electronic devices and evacuate their buildings. Many people escaped the floods. blizzard A blizzard can bring many feet of snow. drought There is no rain during a drought. evacuate Sometimes you have to evacuate a building in an emergency. flood People often have to leave their homes during a flood. hurricane A hurricane is a storm that starts over the ocean. unplug It’s important to unplug electric devices during a storm. tornado A tornado can destroy things on the ground. thunderstorm During a thunderstorm, there is rain, thunder, and lightning. meteorologist A meteorologist is a scientist who studies weather. Vocabulary in Context The author of the informational text A Meteorologist Talks Weather includes these words. Which words do you already know? Tutorial UNIT 1 6 BEFORE YOU Read UNIT 1 / BEFORE YOU READ
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