First Grade Vocabulary Webquest!

Introduction

Dear First Graders,

Help!  There are so many words that sound the same but that mean different things!  How can I ever figure out meaning?  This webquest contains challenges for you to complete in order to discover multiple meanings of words and how we can learn to use the context to figure out which meaning is true.  Good luck!

Sincerely,

Mrs. Dias

Task

Your task is to take the pre-assessment first.  Then play all of the games on the process page by following the links.  You also need to play the games in Mrs. Dias' classroom.  After you have done all of these and you think you are an expert, you will follow the assessment link to show how much you've learned!

Process

1.  Take the pre-assessment and print your results for Mrs. Dias.

2.  What are homophones?   

3.  Homophone Song

4. Which One?

5.  Word-O-Rama

6.  Pick the Word

7.  Pairs Game

8.  Homophone Words

8.  Take the post-assessment and print your results for Mrs. Dias.

Evaluation
Still Working- Student has many incorrect answers and few correct answers Almost there- Student has many correct answers and some incorrect answers Understanding- Student understands within context of activity Transfer- Student can apply knowledge to several areas of context.

70%

14-15 correct answers

80%

16-17 correct answers

90%

18-19 correct answers

100%

20 correct answers

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.1.4

Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases based on grade 1 reading and content, choosing flexibly from an array of strategies.

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.1.4.A

Use sentence-level context as a clue to the meaning of a word or phrase.

Conclusion

Congratulations!  You have completed this webquest and you are now an expert on polysemic words!  Way to go!  Keep up the great work!

Credits