SCHOOL SCRABBLE Do Now! Grade 5
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Grade Level 5
Lesson 50

Objective

 

  1. Students will use phonetic and structural analysis and knowledge of words to expand their vocabulary.
Activities

 

  1. Write the letters and point values on the board before the students arrive.
  2. Give the students a couple of minutes to create the highest scoring word out of the letters of the day.  Remind them that if they use all 7 letters, they score a Scrabble “bingo” and get a 50 point bonus.
  3. Ask the students to volunteer the words they have created and list those words on the board with their point values. Make sure to point out homophones, homonyms, prefixes, suffixes, word roots and words with more than one definition. 
  4. Today’s highest scoring word is FARTHER with a point value of 63 points.  If no one in the class identifies the word, then take a few minutes. To introduce the word by discussing its (1) spelling (2) pronunciation, (3) definition, (4) part of speech and (5) use in a sentence. 

·               FARTHER            at or to a greater distance or more advanced point

 

  1. Here are some other words that can be derived from today’s set of letters.

·              HEFT                 (n) heaviness; (v) to test the weight of by lifting

·              RAFTER              one of the timbers that holds up the roof

·              RATHER             more willingly; more exactly; instead; somewhat

·              FARE                a toll

·              FRET                to worry

 

  1. Ask students to reflect on the strategies they used to create their highest scoring word.
  2. Ask students to add these new words to their vocabulary notebook.