English Vocabulary Language 5–11 yrs

Discussing and Questioning New Words

讨论和探究新词

Description

Ask and answer questions about unknown words in texts; discuss word meanings and link new vocabulary to words already known

Mastery Evidence

✓ Ask 'What does ___ mean?' when meeting unfamiliar words during reading
✓ Use context and pictures to work out what a new word might mean
✓ Explain a new word by connecting it to a known word (e.g. 'enormous means really really big')

Assessment Prompt

When your child comes across a word they don't know in a book, do they try to figure out what it means from the other words around it and connect it to words they already know?