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Literacy Strategies

  1. Life Connections
  2. Pictures Worth . . .
  3. Concepts First
  4. Science Word Wall
  5. My Glossary
  6. "Think-Pair-Share" for New Words
  7. Guide Questions
  8. Peer Teaching
  9. Concept Maps
  10. 3-D Concept Map
  11. Tic-Tac-Toe with Words

Life Connections

Ask students to identify three new words in a text selection, list these, define them, and then write examples of how each word is connected to their lives. Take time to have students share these with the rest of the class.

EXAMPLE

Vocabulary Word: Wave
Life Connections: My brother and I looked at waves on a vacation trip. We watched as wave after wave hit the sandy beach near our beach house on South Padre Island.

 

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Mauna Ulu fountain from Pu'u Huluhulu. East rift of Kilauea, Hawaii Volcanoes National Park. Image taken on August 22, 1969.  Photographed by D.A. Swanson,  Courtesy USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory. Image source:  Earth Science World Image Bank, photo ID: h0x6yn

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