Unit Overview


How many hours of homework do stu- dents have each week? How much spending money do they have? Many aspects of students’ daily lives are measured. To understand measure- ments, students need a rich vocabu- lary of related words, such as those presented in this unit. Through Unlocking, Processing, and Applying activities, students will experience C deep processing of meaning. C multiple word interactions. C word meanings through context.


MEASUREMENT 1


Context Clues


TAKING INVENTORY: PRETEST Assess students’ prior knowledge of Part 1 vocabulary words by using the Part 1 Pretest on page T240. Answers: 1. reduce 2. figure out 3. necessary 4. equality state- ment 5. capable 6. make part of 7. equal 8. make use of 9. change 10. excess.


OBJECTIVES Students will C read and discuss an article relat- ed to this unit’s theme— Measurement.


C activate their prior knowledge about the theme to learn the meanings of ten words.


GUIDE STUDENTS Activating Prior Knowledge Discuss the following questions before students read “Solving Math Word Problems.” C What makes some math word problems difficult to solve?


UNIT 6


C What personal tricks or strategies do you use to solve math word problems?


Have students share any prior knowledge they have about the article’s ten boldfaced words. Then have students take turns reading the article aloud or silently.


T116 Unit 6 Measurement Part 1


Measurement Unit Planner Sections to Use


Week 1 Part 1


Week 2 Part 2


Pretest


“Solving Math Word Problems” Posttest


Pretest


“Measuring Our Atmosphere: The Ozone Layer”


Home Connection Posttest


Week 3 Part 3


Week 4 Part 4


Pretest


“A Balancing Act: Crop Farming” Posttest


Review Test-Taking Strategy


Play with Language Unit Posttest


Strategy/Skills WORD LIST Read words in context.


Context Clue: Look for How Something Is Done.


Read words in context.


Latin roots equ, min, ple. Prefixes ad-, de-.


Read words in context.


Reference Skill: Pronunciation.


Review the unit. Use oxymorons.


Assess students’ knowledge.


competent utilize diminish plethora incorporate deduce transform equivalent imperative equation minuscule equality plenty


diminutive adequate


Word List


communicate, recognize, express, attention, admit, silence, dedication, announcement, speech- less, vocabulary


deplete minor replete equable


announcer, announce, vocal, pronounce, pronunciation, dictation, diction, vowel, vocalist, predict


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equilibrium quota


discuss, debate, state, reply, complain, demand, urge, narrate, report request


Review unit vocabulary words


profusion portion deficient sparse


superfluous


substantial capacity dearth ample


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Measurement


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