Transcript Identifying Connected Words

Identifying Connected Words
Figuring out an unknown word
can be as easy as being familiar
with another word that is related
to it or in its word family.
IDENTIFYING CONNECTED WORDS
Connected Words
• Connected words or word families are groups
of related words.
• Words can be grouped into two families.
1) Those similar in form;
2) Those whose meanings are related.
Connected Words
• Similar in form
– These type of words have more to do with spelling
than meaning.
– Knowing words similar in form can help with
pronunciation.
– For example, words ending in –ight.
• Light, bright, tight, slight, blight
Connected Words
• Related in meaning
– These type of words have a similar root.
– The reader can rely on prior knowledge to figure
out the meaning of a unfamiliar word.
Word family: Related in meaning
Identifying Connected Words
I will actuate the plan once I receive all the
information.
• The reader may know that act means to move
or execute.
• The reader’s prior knowledge can help define
actuate to mean to put into action or motion.
Sources
• http://www.kidport.com/RefLib/English/Readi
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