Clues in Pictures and Graphs

Use a picture, caption, diagram, or graph to figure out a word.

Warm-up, learn, try it together, practice, then a quick check. About 15 minutes.

What children learn in Level 20

Pictures, captions, diagrams, and graphs are clues too, especially in science and social studies books.
Owls are nocturnal birds. The picture and caption show owls hunting at night. So nocturnal means awake at night!
Bean seeds germinate in warm, wet soil. The diagram shows a seed turning into a sprout. So germinate means begin to grow.
A graph's title and labels can teach a word too. This graph measures precipitation in inches of rain and snow. So precipitation is rain or snow that falls.

Georgia's K-12 English Language Arts Standards:

3.L.V.3.a — Use context (e.g., images and graphs) within and beyond a sentence to determine or clarify the meaning of unknown words and multiple-meaning words and phrases. (I)