Vocabulary You’ll support vocabulary building in several ways across Unit 2.
z Explicit instruction into individual words: Across Let’s Gather and the related vocabulary extensions, you’ll provide daily teaching into individual words that relate to the bigger topic of plants and plant adaptations, and you’ll also provide oppor- tunities for students to use these words across multiple contexts to solidify their understanding of each term. See the chart below for when specific words are introduced. z Teach into morphemes: Across Let’s Gather and Word Study , you’ll teach into a handful of high-leverage morphemes that will help kids to decode and comprehend words. You’ll show students how these morphemes impact the meaning of multiple words. See the chart below for when specific morphemes are introduced. z Foster word consciousness: Across the unit, you’ll foster word consciousness as you model your own curiosity about words for students. You’ll keep a word collection related to the topic, and you’ll channel students to do the same, adding new words they encounter to their own collections so they can create networks of related words. z Teach strategies to support independent vocabulary learning: Across the unit itself and Let’s Gather , you’ll explicitly teach a handful of strategies to support students in independently learning new vocabulary words. You’ll teach students that after nonfiction readers notice a topic word, they can use different strategies to determine the word’s meaning. Some- times, you’ll find a definition before or after the word. Other times, you’ll need to use context clues to figure out the word’s meaning. You’ll also emphasize that readers can use the morphemes they know to determine the meaning of a new word. You’ll invite students to add these words to their own word collections in their reader’s notebooks, jotting new words, as well as some definitional support. z Support wide reading: Across the unit, you’ll support students with wide reading, as students read across texts on plants, as well as texts on a self-selected topic. This work supports incidental vocabulary learning, ensuring kids are exposed to thousands of words, including words that repeat across different texts. Instruction into Individual Words and Morphemes Component Bend I Bend II Bend III Units of Study botanists life cycle carnivorous plants photosynthesis chlorophyll* sedge* pollinate burls* sprouted* tannin unprotected replacing heat resistant Let’s Gather habitat* vegetation* recede renew tribal elders abandoned re- species* adaptation* photosynthesis* nutrients* camouflage* introduced plant* rely defense* self-defense* pollination* reproduce* fertilizer* ancient Methuselah* Bristlecone Pine* century survive* environment* drought* ancestors ancient sapling* ingenious crown* canopy*
Vocabulary Extensions
vegetation* seedling* species* roots*
tend* soil* disperse* scatter*
adaptation* nutrient* disguise* compete*
defense*
thrive* rely* suit*
Word Study
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* = a word you will add to your vocabulary wall
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Unit 2 • Reading Nonfiction Text Sets: Plants and Their Adaptations
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