Exploring Context Clues in Baloney

The video introduces a reading strategy using an Oreo cookie analogy to help students identify context clues for unknown words. The teacher uses a guessing game with an Oreo cookie to explain the strategy, followed by a story about Henry P. Baloney to demonstrate its application. The video concludes with a discussion on the origins of certain words used in the story.

What shape was the object in the teacher's hand?

• Rectangle

• Square

• Circle

• Triangle

Tags

CCSS.1.G.A.1

CCSS.2.G.A.1

What was the teacher's purpose in using an Oreo cookie in the lesson?

• To explain a reading strategy

• To demonstrate a science experiment

• To discuss nutrition

• To plan a snack

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CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.3

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.3

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

What is the center of the Oreo cookie strategy analogous to?

• The definition of the unknown word

• The sentence before the unknown word

• The sentence with the unknown word

• The sentence after the unknown word

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CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

What strategy does the teacher suggest for understanding unknown words?

• Looking them up in a dictionary

• Asking someone

• Using context clues

• Skipping them

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CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RL.6.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

What is the significance of the sentences before and after the unknown word in the Oreo strategy?

• They provide synonyms

• They offer definitions

• They are unrelated

• They give clues to the word's meaning

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.10

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

What was Henry P. Baloney late for?

• Lunch

• A game

• Class

• A meeting

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CCSS.RI.1.4

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

What did Henry P. Baloney use to try to save himself?

• Gravity

• A spaceship

• A parachute

• A simulus

What does 'porto' most likely mean?

• A door

• A vehicle

• A tool

• A type of food

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

What does 'zimulus' most likely represent?

• A book

• A pencil

• A computer

• A chair

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CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

What fun fact did the teacher share about the story's words?

• They are names of planets

• They are scientific terms

• They come from different languages

• They are all made-up