Vocabulary Instructional Planning Sheet-curious

1. Contextualize the word George is a curious monkey. He wanted to find a warm place for Jumpy Squirrel to live for the winter and so he tried to make a house snug and warm like the man did.

2. Pronounce the word Give part of speech

cu‧ri‧ous

adjective3. Give a student friendly definition

Curious means wanting to know about something.

4. Elaborate and make connectionsA puppy is curious when you let him outside and he wanders around the yard sniffing and looking at everything. He looks in the bushes. He crawls under the deck. He runs around the tree. He looks through the fence…

5. Review and make more connections-Ask questions

When the students lined up for morning recess, Jason said, “I am so relieved that this morning is over.” Why might Jason be relieved?-Examples/Non-examples

I was shaking as I stood in front of the audience and sang my song. –nervous I couldn’t wait to jump off the diving board! Not nervous-Yes/No Why?

Would you be relieved if you could concentrate on the test? Why?-Student generate their own examples

I felt relieved when ______-Word association

Present a number of words.concentrate relieved enemy

impressed absurd educatedPlay… I am thinking of a word……

-Sentence completionconfine: to hold or keep in; to limit;

imprison; restrictThings that can be confined are _____

Examples/Non-examplesWould you feel curious when…The doorbell rang and when I opened the door a box was sitting on the doorstep

My mom and dad were going out for dinner and they had a new babysitter coming to watch me for the first time.

My family and I sat down to watch a movie that we had already seen 3 times

My family moved to a new neighborhood and I was going to my new school to meet my new teacher.

OR

Sentence CompletionI feel curious when______