144 Plants: Supplemental Guide 6B | Evergreen Trees
Extensions 15 minutes
Multiple Meaning Word Activity
Definition Detective: Cones
Note: You may choose to have students hold up one, two, or three
fingers to indicate which image shows the meaning being described
or have a student walk up to the poster and point to the image being
described.
- In the read-aloud you heard the word cones.
- With your partner, think of as many meanings for cones as you can or
discuss ways you can use the word cones. - [Show Poster 5M (Cones).] How is the word cones used in this
lesson? Which picture shows this?- one
- Cones are also a kind of shape with a circular base and sides that
come together at a point. Which picture shows this?- two
- Cones are something that can be used to hold ice cream. Which
picture shows this?- three
- Did you or your partner think of any of these definitions?
- Now quiz your partner on the different meanings of cones. For
example you could say, “Beatrice likes to eat her ice cream on a cone.
Which cone am I?” And your partner would point to the ice cream
cone to show that you meant that kind of cone.
Drawing the Read-Aloud (Instructional Masters 6B-1 and 6B-2)
- Give each student Instructional Master 6B-1. Ask them to think about
how a deciduous tree looks in each season: winter, spring, summer,
and fall. You may wish to show Flip Book image 8A-7 (Apple tree in
the four seasons) for students to reference.
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