{"id":1414,"date":"2017-10-22T10:00:03","date_gmt":"2017-10-22T10:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.paddyeger.com\/educatingamerica\/blog\/?p=1414"},"modified":"2017-10-22T10:00:03","modified_gmt":"2017-10-22T10:00:03","slug":"vocabulary-development-4-words-in-context","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/paddyeger.com\/blog\/educatingamericablog\/2017\/10\/22\/vocabulary-development-4-words-in-context\/","title":{"rendered":"Vocabulary Development #4- Words in Context"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This month we&#8217;ll look at the importance of vocabulary.<\/p>\n<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1451 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.paddyeger.com\/educatingamerica\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/walkswimskip.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"150\" \/>\u00a0<\/strong>You can extend a vocabulary activity and ask students to write <em>descriptive sentences<\/em> and leave out their key word to challenge others to fill-in the missing word. It will challenge their abilities to think of the important details that lead others to the correct answer. Example: (the key words is <strong>bolded<\/strong> for your information)<\/p>\n<p>Danny use his arms and legs to ______ across the <strong>deep<\/strong> pond.\u00a0 (word choices: walk, swim, skip)<\/p>\n<p>This type of activity will help students develop a more discerning eye for writing details.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This month we&#8217;ll look at the importance of vocabulary. \u00a0You can extend a vocabulary activity and ask students to write descriptive sentences and leave out their key word to challenge others to fill-in the missing word. It will challenge their abilities to think of the important details that lead others to the correct answer. Example:\u2026 <span class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/paddyeger.com\/blog\/educatingamericablog\/2017\/10\/22\/vocabulary-development-4-words-in-context\/\">Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22,50,259],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1414","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-language-arts","category-thinking-questioning-strategies","category-vocabulary-skills"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/paddyeger.com\/blog\/educatingamericablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1414","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/paddyeger.com\/blog\/educatingamericablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/paddyeger.com\/blog\/educatingamericablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paddyeger.com\/blog\/educatingamericablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paddyeger.com\/blog\/educatingamericablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1414"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/paddyeger.com\/blog\/educatingamericablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1414\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/paddyeger.com\/blog\/educatingamericablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1414"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paddyeger.com\/blog\/educatingamericablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1414"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paddyeger.com\/blog\/educatingamericablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1414"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}