1. Tell Me a Story Vocabulary Lesson By Mrs. Moody

2. ELA 1R5 The student acquires and uses grade-level words to communicate effectively. The student a. Reads and listens to a variety of texts and uses new words in oral and written language. b. Recognizes grade-level words with multiple meanings. c. Identifies words that are opposites (antonyms) or have similar meanings (synonyms).

3. Essential Questions How do we communicate? Why do I learn new words? Can words mean more than one thing?

4. Word List because cook front listen most picture why young

5. because, cook, front, listen, most, picture, why, young A puppy is a _____ dog. a. why b. young c. because b. young

6. because, cook, front, listen, most, picture, why, young A puppy is a young dog. b. young

7. because, cook, front, listen, most, picture, why, young I help my mom _____ dinner every Friday night. a. because b. front c. cook

8. because, cook, front, listen, most, picture, why, young I help my mom cook dinner every Friday night. c. cook

9. because, cook, front, listen, most, picture, why, young _____ didn’t you come over yesterday? a. why b. young c. because a. why

10. because, cook, front, listen, most, picture, why, young Why didn’t you come over yesterday? a. why

11. because, cook, front, listen, most, picture, why, young Sara sits at the _____ of the classroom. a. picture b. front c. most b. front

12. because, cook, front, listen, most, picture, why, young Sara sits at the front of the classroom. b. front

13. because, cook, front, listen, most, picture, why, young Zack drew a _____ for his teacher. a. picture b. young c. cook a. picture

14. because, cook, front, listen, most, picture, why, young Zack drew a picture for his teacher. a. picture

15. because, cook, front, listen, most, picture, why, young Becca likes to _____ to the radio. a. most b. young c. listen

16. because, cook, front, listen, most, picture, why, young Becca likes to listen to the radio. c. listen

17. because, cook, front, listen, most, picture, why, young Megan didn’t come to school _____ she was sick. a. listen b. front c. because

18. because, cook, front, listen, most, picture, why, young Megan didn’t come to school because she was sick. c. because

19. because, cook, front, listen, most, picture, why, young Alli found the _____ eggs on our Easter egg hunt. a. most b. picture c. because a. most

20. because, cook, front, listen, most, picture, why, young Alli found the most eggs on our Easter egg hunt. a. most

21. Practice! young because picture cook front listen most why most cook why young front because picture listen