Practice the Context Clues Strategy Here are two of the boldfaced words from the essay on page 122. Use the context clues strategy you learned in Part 1 on page 117 to figure out the meanings of these words.


Answers will vary.


Read the sentence that uses the word depleted. Read some of the sentences around the word.


Look for context clues. Can you find words or ideas that show How Something Is Done?


This paragraph talks about ozone destruction and reduction. The article goes on to say that we need to protect the ozone.


Think about the context clues. What other helpful information do you know? Predict a meaning for the word deplete.


The word reduction seems related to the word depleted. Deplete probably means “to make


something become less or fewer in number.”


Check your Word Wisdom Dictionary to be sure of the meaning of the word deplete. Write the definition here.


to use up or reduce the amount of diminutive


Read the sentence that uses the word diminutive. Read some of the sentences around the word.


Look for context clues. Can you find words or ideas that show How Something Is Done?


There is a very small amount of ozone in the atmosphere compared to nitrogen.


Think about the context clues. What other helpful information do you know? Predict a meaning for the word diminutive.


I’ve heard of small things being described as minute; that sounds like it may be related to diminutive.


The word diminutive probably means “very small.”


Check your Word Wisdom Dictionary to be sure of the meaning of the word diminutive. Write the definition here.


extremely small; tiny


Practice the Context Clues Strategy: Look for How Something Is Done


OBJECTIVE Students will C practice using this unit’s context clues strategy to learn the mean- ings of depleted and diminutive.


GUIDE STUDENTS


On this page, students will use the Five-Step Process with strategy-specif- ic instruction. First, review the con- text clues strategy for this unit— Look for How Something Is Done— introduced on page 117.


Invite a volunteer to read aloud the sentences from the essay on page 122 that use the words depleted and diminutive. Ask students to identify words from the sentences or from around the sentences that give clues to the meaning of depleted and diminutive. Discuss these clues.


PRACTICE


Have students use the Five-Step Process on this page—Read, Look, Think, Predict, and Check—to understand the meanings of depleted and diminutive.


Measurement Part 2 123 Home Connection Word Wisdom CD-ROM


For reinforcement, reteaching, or enrich- ment, use the Word Wisdom CD-ROM. First, select the vocabulary words and definitions that are appropriate for each student’s needs. Print out the word cards for students to use on their own or in small-group activ- ities. Install the Word Wisdom CD-ROM for more information and ideas.


Reproduce the Unit 6 Home Connec- tion blackline master on page T212 for each student. Encourage students to complete the activity with a par- ent or caregiver to reinforce this unit’s thirty vocabulary words.


Unit 6 Measurement Part 2 T123


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