Comments by Kimberly Crawley Most recent public comments by Kimberly Crawley https://nowcomment.com/users/119122 I agree this is a Tier 2 word as well and needs to be taught directly. https://nowcomment.com/documents/40909?scroll_to=2736400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/40909?scroll_to=2736400 In 3rd grade we teach about communities and the culture within them, so if they have had that unit first, they have been taught this Tier 2 word. Sun, 06 Mar 2022 22:05:32 -0500 Students need to learn the words primitive and percussion. I would start with cognates, and then the affixes, see if they could break down the words. I would want them to finish reading the paragraph to look for context clues. https://nowcomment.com/documents/40909?scroll_to=2736399 https://nowcomment.com/documents/40909?scroll_to=2736399 After we discussed context clues, I would revisit cognates and affixes. Then we would define the word in terms they would understand. Then I would ask them questions about the word primitive, making a game out of it. Sun, 06 Mar 2022 22:01:10 -0500