Word Detective
Aligned to L.K.4 — Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts.
What this lesson teaches
You can figure out what a new word means by thinking about the story.
Worked examples
Example 1
If a word is 'jumping,' you can find 'jump' inside it and know it means to hop.
Example 2
If a word is 'unhappy,' you can find 'happy' inside it — and 'un' flips it to mean not happy.
Example 3
'Played' has 'play' inside it, plus an ending that tells you it already happened.
Practice questions
- Find a little word inside a big word.
- Guess what a new word means.
- How does the story help you know?
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Every lesson comes with a video taught in English and Spanish — the same video the QR code in the printed workbook opens.
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Detective de Palabras
Puedes descubrir qué significa una palabra nueva pensando en el cuento.
Ejemplo 1: Si una palabra es 'saltando', puedes encontrar 'saltar' adentro y saber que es brincar.
Ejemplo 2: Si una palabra es 'infeliz', puedes encontrar 'feliz' adentro — y el 'in' la voltea para decir no feliz.
Ejemplo 3: 'Jugaba' tiene 'jugar' adentro, con una terminación que te dice que ya pasó.
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