Chapter+6

==The unreliability of natural contexts, instruction needs to be presented as a process of figuring out meaning within an individual contexts, rather than focusing on the product, a word's meaning. When implementing instruction, always start with asking students to explain what is going on in the portion of text being read, and then what the word might mean.==

Your Original Post: Please post a message sharing how the quest for your tier two words went, what thoughts you had on the process and how you may use this in other subject areas beside reading. Your Response to Others: Please read and reply to your colleagues' posts. You do not need to reply to everyone's but must respond to at least two other postings.

Assignment: Select some passages from a text or story that your students are reading, and identify some words in contexts that they can use to figure out the meanings of the words. Prepare for your work with students by noting the questions you will ask for each step in the instructional sequence explained in this chapter. 1. Read/ paraphrase the text being read. 2. Establish meaning of the context. 3. Provide an initial identification/rationale. 4. Consider further possibilities. 5 Summarize.

With the group, share the activities you created and implemented in your classroom.