Multiple Meaning words

This week we studied multiple meaning words. These are words that, unlike homophones, are spelled the same but mean different things. For example, the word "bat" can mean an animal and an object a baseball player hits with. We learned you have to read around the word and use the context clues to figure out the correct meaning. Therefore, when we read the sentence, "The player grabbed his bat and went to the catcher" we knew they were talking about the object you hit with.

This skill tends to be tricky for readers because they tend to quickly jump to the definition they immediately think of. Students were given multiple meaning words and told to select the correct meaning based on how it is used in the sentence. Here's what they look like:

1. I washed my hands in the sink. Sink means:

a. opposite of float
b. rise
c. place in the bathroom

After thinking about how 'sink' is used in the sentence, you can make a decision the answer is C, even though sink DOES mean choice A.

Here is a super game to practice and learn other multiple meaning words.

Jeopardy Multiple Meaning Words