How to be a Nature Detective

Vocabulary Lesson By Mrs. Moody

ELA1R5 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).

Essential Questions

• How do we communicate?• Why do I learn new words?• Can words mean more than one

thing?

Word List

• clues• detective• floor• nature• piece• pulls

clues, detective, floor, nature, piece, pulls

• A detective looks for _____ to solve a mystery.

• a. floor• b. nature• c. clues

c. clues

clues, detective, floor, nature, piece, pulls

• A detective looks for clues to solve a mystery.

c. clues

clues, detective, floor, nature, piece, pulls

• The dog team _____ the sled through the snow.

• a. pulls• b. piece• c. floor

a. pulls

clues, detective, floor, nature, piece, pulls

• The dog team pulls the sled through the snow.

a. pulls

clues, detective, floor, nature, piece, pulls

• I called a _____ to help me find my lost ball.

• a. clues• b. detective• c. piece

b. detective

clues, detective, floor, nature, piece, pulls

• I called a detective to help me find my lost ball.

b. detective

clues, detective, floor, nature, piece, pulls

• I went on a hike to enjoy _____.

• a. nature• b. detective• c. piece

a. nature

clues, detective, floor, nature, piece, pulls

• I went on a hike to enjoy nature.

a. nature

clues, detective, floor, nature, piece, pulls

• Please pick your toys up off of the _____.

• a. nature• b. piece• c. floor

c. floor

clues, detective, floor, nature, piece, pulls

• Please pick your toys up off of the floor.

c. floor

clues, detective, floor, nature, piece, pulls

• Would you like a _____ of cake?

• a. pulls• b. piece• c. clues

b. piece

clues, detective, floor, nature, piece, pulls

• Would you like a piece of cake?

b. piece

Practice

• detective• piece• clues• pulls• nature• floor

• floor• clues• detective• nature• piece• pulls