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Week 08 · Word Detectives

Story Hunt

Story Hunt: word clues
// Context clues and sayings
⏱ about 15 min

Saturday: Story Hunt

Hazel the Hedgehog tucks her pencil behind her ear.

"Story Hunt day!" she says. "Find a book at home or at the library."

"Hunt for new words and silly sayings."

Freddy the Frog adds, "Ribbit! Bring your best detective eyes!"

  1. Words around a new word are context clues.
  2. Look for or and which means. They can give the meaning.
  3. Literal words mean just what they say.
  4. An idiom means something different from its words.
◇ STORY HUNT: WORD DETECTIVES
Pick any book with your grown-up.
Read a page together.
Find one word that is new to you.
Read the words around it for clues.
Guess what it means. Does it make sense?
Look for a saying that means something else.
HUNT CHECK
  • Read the question.
  • Tap your answer.
You find a new word. What do you do first?
"The pup was famished, so it ate a big meal." What does famished mean?
Which one is an idiom?
Which one is literal?
SentenceTrue or false?
Clues can come before or after a new word.?
An idiom is always literal.?
The word or can give a meaning.?
WHY THIS EXERCISEAn idiom is nonliteral. It means something else.
Draw your new word. Show what it means.
For a grown-up
When your child meets a new word, pause.
Ask: What clues are around it?
Share a saying you use and talk about what it means.

Happy hunting! See you next week on the Story Trail.

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