A word you have never seen before belongs in the sort-of group.

Circle one:   True   False

A word you sort of know is one you can guess at but are not fully sure about.

Circle one:   True   False

Ava reads the word 'enormous'. She uses it all the time and could tell a friend exactly what it means. Which group is enormous in for Ava?

• No idea
• Know it
• Sort of

Which feeling means you are SURE you know a word?

• I've never seen this word before
• I could explain it to a friend easily
• I can maybe guess what it means

Zoe reads: 'The old house looked dilapidated.' She thinks 'run-down, maybe?' but isn't sure. What should she do?

• Assume her guess is definitely right
• Look it up to check her guess
• Skip it, since guessing is enough

Noah reads, 'The fox was very cunning.' He sort of knows cunning, but he is not sure, and he has no dictionary with him. What can he do to check?

• Close the book and stop reading
• Reread the sentence and nearby lines for clues
• Read faster so he finishes the page

You hit a fuzzy word while reading. Which order of moves matches the lesson?

• Check first, notice later
• Guess, skip, and forget
• Notice it, pause, then check

If you look up a word and find your guess was wrong, checking was still worth it.

Circle one:   True   False

A teacher says, 'Find one word you half-know in your book, then check it.' Who did the task right?

• Ravi picked a half-known word and looked it up
• Lena picked a word she already knew well and looked it up
• Omar picked a brand new word and skipped it

Zara reads 'The glass is fragile' and guesses fragile means strong. She never checks. Later she writes, 'The bridge is fragile, so it can hold heavy trucks.' Why did her sentence come out wrong?

• The word fragile is too hard for kids
• Dictionaries are only for spelling
• Her guess was never checked, so the wrong meaning stuck