Vocabulary Skills - LEADS Review

Vocabulary Skills - LEADS Review

What is LEADS?

Acronym to help figure out the meanings of words using context clues

Logic of the Passage

• Common sense

• Look for info in passage and sentence

• Determine possible meaning

• Try the definition in place of the unknown word

Multiple Choice

Find the meaning of the underlined word:

After going to the office, Alex felt remorse for stealing his classmates' AirPods.

• Regret or guilt

• Sadness

• Consequences

• Angry

Examples

• Look for examples of the term

• Find transition words and phrases:

• "such as"

• "for example"

• "like"

• "including"

Multiple Select

Which word/phrase in the sentence will help us find the meaning of the underlined word using examples?

The museum has many artifacts, including clay pottery and stone tools.

• "has many"

• "including"

• "and stone tools"

Multiple Choice

What is the meaning of the underlined word?

The museum has many artifacts, including clay pottery and stone tools.

• Artistic creations of people

• Tools for working

• Historical objects made by humans

• Museum records

Antonyms

• Look for words that are the opposite meaning from the unknown word

• Look for transition words/phrases:

• "but"

• "however"

• "yet"

• "on the other hand"

• "unlike" or "instead"

Definitions

• Definitions offset by commas, dashes, parentheses, brackets, or explanations

• Look for transition words/phrases:

• "means"

• "is"

• "refers to"

• "are"

• "is known as"

Multiple Choice

How can you find the definition of the underlined word in this sentence?

Your students' metacognition - thinking about their thinking - improves when they practice critical thinking strategies.

• apostrophe

• commas

• words

• dashes

Open Ended

What is the meaning of the underlined word?

Your students' metacognition - thinking about their thinking - improves when they practice critical thinking strategies.

Open Ended

What is the meaning of the underlined word?

Floriculture refers to the growing and marketing of flowers.

Synonyms

• Look for words that mean the same thing as the unknown word

Multiple Choice

What word is a synonym for the underlined word?

My grandma's china is delicate, so please pack it carefully and write "fragile" on the box.

• pack

• china

• fragile

• carefully

Open Ended

Write your own definition for the underlined word.

My grandma's china is delicate, so please pack it carefully and write "fragile" on the box.