1. How to be a Nature Detective 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 clues detective floor nature piece pulls

5. clues, detective, floor, nature, piece, pulls A detective looks for _____ to solve a mystery. a. floor b. nature c. clues

6. clues, detective, floor, nature, piece, pulls A detective looks for clues to solve a mystery. c. clues

7. clues, detective, floor, nature, piece, pulls The dog team _____ the sled through the snow. a. pulls b. piece c. floor a. pulls

8. clues, detective, floor, nature, piece, pulls The dog team pulls the sled through the snow. a. pulls

9. clues, detective, floor, nature, piece, pulls I called a _____ to help me find my lost ball. a. clues b. detective c. piece b. detective

10. clues, detective, floor, nature, piece, pulls I called a detective to help me find my lost ball. b. detective

11. clues, detective, floor, nature, piece, pulls I went on a hike to enjoy _____. a. nature b. detective c. piece a. nature

12. clues, detective, floor, nature, piece, pulls I went on a hike to enjoy nature. a. nature

13. clues, detective, floor, nature, piece, pulls Please pick your toys up off of the _____. a. nature b. piece c. floor

14. clues, detective, floor, nature, piece, pulls Please pick your toys up off of the floor. c. floor

15. clues, detective, floor, nature, piece, pulls Would you like a _____ of cake? a. pulls b. piece c. clues b. piece

16. clues, detective, floor, nature, piece, pulls Would you like a piece of cake? b. piece

17. Practice detective piece clues pulls nature floor clues detective nature piece pulls