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Vocabulary
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Phonics
The Langston Times
Making Connections
100

This word means the worth of something in money.

What is value?

100

Flower, kitten ----> cat, construction of the new school. 

What is progress?

100

This letter makes the c sound soft. 

Example: Piece 

What is silent e?

100

There are several features in the school. Name at least two. 

What is a computer lab, science lab, community garden, Internet, soccer field, track field, cafeteria?

100

This type of connection can be experienced by someone and is relatable to them. 

What is text-to-self?

200

Something noticeable about a thing or person. 

What is features?

200

Money, toys, gifts. 

What is value?

200

The word hug is this type of syllable. 


Hint: Open or closed.

What is closed? 

200
This is where the students had class while the old school was being built. 

What are trailers?

200

This type of connection is compared to another story. 

What is text-to-text?
300

A place or thing that something comes from (provides). 

What is a source?

300
At the end of a game you won or lost a basketball game, receiving​​​​ an A+ on your homework, passing a test. 

What is result?

300

The word fur is this type of syllable. 

What is an r-controlled syllable?

300

This is the the main idea of The Langston Times newspaper article. 

What is the opening of the new school (Langston Elementary)?

300
This type of connection can be linked to an event or something you have seen happen in real life. 

What is text-to-world?

400

Movement toward a goal or toward completion?

What is progress?

400

Mayor, the President of the United States, Governor of KS. 

What are officials?

400

The word peace has this type of syllable. 

What is a d syllable (digraph). 

400

This person was interviewed by a reporter and watched the progress of the school being built. 

Who is Victor?

400

Example: In Victor's Journal, we read about the opening ceremony for the school. That's the same event that is discussed in The Langston Times. This is a connection from two stories. 

What is a text-to-text connection?

500

To show or display. 

Hint: Mayor Lopez did this with the Langston Elementary sign at the beginning of the article. 

What is revealing?

500

Sunlight, water, honey from bees, wind. 

what are sources?

500

This is the open syllable. 

Word: re- cite

What is re?

500

This is the type of genre The Langston Times article is written in. 

What is realistic fiction?
500

Example: Bobby watched a movie about a little boy attending a new school.

In this connection, a person is relating the text to an experience they had. 

What is a text-to-self connection?