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Week 08 · Word Detectives

Tuesday

Clues that explain
// Context clues and sayings
⏱ about 15 min

Tuesday: Clues that explain

Hazel the Hedgehog rests under a big daisy.

Lucy the Ladybug waves from the top.

"Sometimes a writer helps us," says Hazel.

"The writer tells what a word means right in the sentence."

Lucy wiggles her antennae. "Like a little secret note!"

Ferris laughs. "Let us find those notes."

Learn it: explaining clues

Some clues tell the meaning right away.

Look for the word or, or the words which means.

Ferris reads: "The path was slick, or slippery."

The word or gives the meaning. Slick means slippery.

Read it
The Slick Path
After the rain, the path to the pond was slick, or slippery.
Lucy the Ladybug peered, or looked closely, at the wet stones.
"Be careful," she told Hazel. "The stones are slick."
Hazel moved cautiously, which means with great care.
She held on to a low branch for balance.
At the pond, they found Freddy the Frog in a jolly mood.
Jolly means cheerful and happy.
Freddy was humming and hopping from pad to pad.
"Welcome!" he said. "You made it across the slick path!"
Hazel smiled. She felt proud of her careful steps.
CHECK IT: FIND THE MEANING
  • Read the question.
  • Tap your answer.
What does slick mean?
What does peered mean?
What does cautiously mean?
What does jolly mean?
SentenceTrue or false?
Slick means slippery.?
Peered means ran fast.?
Freddy was in a jolly mood.?
Hazel moved quickly on the path.?
WHY THIS EXERCISEPeered means looked closely. Hazel moved with great care.
PUT THE STORY IN ORDER
  • What happened first?
  • Tap the cards in order.
1First
2Next
3Then
4Last
USE THE NEW WORDS
  • Read the question.
  • Tap your answer.
Which one is jolly?
Where would you move cautiously?
You peered at a bug. What did you do?
Which little word gave the meaning of slick?
Try it
Use one new word in a sentence.
Say it to a grown-up.
Can they guess what it means?

Word Spot: tell, their, car

Here are new sight words.

Look at each word. Say it. Spell it.

Tell: T-E-L-L.

Their: T-H-E-I-R.

Car: C-A-R.

FIND THE WORD
  • Listen to the word.
  • Tap it.
Find the word you hear.
Find the word you hear.
Find the word you hear.
Find the word you hear.
FILL THE GAP
  • Listen to the sentence.
  • Tap the missing word.
Can you ___ what you noticed?
The birds made ___ nest.
Buckle up in the ___.

Great clue hunting! Tomorrow, Hazel shares some silly sayings.

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