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Lesson Title Health Science Careers in Diagnostic Services: Vocabulary for Interpreting Charts and Print Outs
Unit Title Health Science Career Pathways: Diagnostic Services
NRS Level Level 4
Length of Lesson 120 minutes
Lesson Purpose

Students must develop the diagnostic skill of reading healthcare print outs and charts to work in health care fields.


Related Documents
Basic-Medical-Terminology_Prefixes.pdf Common-Medical-Abbreviations.pdf Basic-Medical-Terminology_Suffixes.pdf
Lesson Objectives

At the end of this lesson, students will be able to use roots, prefixes, and suffixes to determine the meanings of unfamiliar medical terminology in order to read healthcare print outs and charts.

Student Target

"I can use roots, prefixes, and suffixes to determine the meanings of unfamiliar medical terminology in order to read a basic healthcare chart.”

CCR Standards
Reading
  • Interpret words and phrases as they are used in a text, including determining technical, connotative, and figurative meanings, and analyze how specific word choices shape meaning or tone. (Apply this standard to texts of appropriate complexity as outlined by Standard 10.)

Language
  • Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases by using context clues, analyzing meaningful word parts, and consulting general and specialized reference materials, as appropriate.

Lead CCR Level Specific Standards
Reading Anchor 4: Level D
  • Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative, connotative, and technical meanings; analyze the impact of a specific word choice on meaning and tone.

Language Anchor 4: Level D
  • Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases, choosing flexibly from a range of strategies. 

    a. Use context (e.g., the overall meaning of a sentence or paragraph; a word’s position or function in a sentence) as a clue to the meaning of a word or phrase.

    b. Use common, grade-appropriate Greek or Latin affixes and roots as clues to the meaning of a word (e.g., audience, auditory, audible).

    c. Consult reference materials (e.g., dictionaries, glossaries, thesauruses), both print and digital, to find the pronunciation of a word or determine or clarify its precise meaning or its part of speech.

    d. Verify the preliminary determination of the meaning of a word or phrase (e.g., by checking the inferred meaning in context or in a dictionary).

Supporting CCR Level Specific Standards
KYAE Employability Standards