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- Grade Range
- 3rd - 12th
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Students review vocabulary by figuring out two puzzle clues. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 3rd
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Students determine the meaning of words through the use of context clues. They research the concept of context clues from a web site and then use those skills to find meaning to nonsense words. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 12th
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Students review how to recognize the meaning of unfamiliar words by using contextual clues and affixes. They also incorporate various forms of newly acquired words into their writing correctly and effectively. Students also demonstrate stronger reading skills with the acquisition of new vocabulary. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 3rd
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Students practice using sentence and word context to get clues about the meaning of unknown words. They are told that context clues are pieces of information in the sentences and illustrations around the unknown word that often supply the meaning of the word. Students are given a copy of the BLM Nonsense Word Puzzlers. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 8th
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Students study how to use context clues in the short story, "The Necklace." They read and locate words in context to define them without using a dictionary. After guessing the meanings, they look up the words and write a different ending to the story. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 9th
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Students examine how to utilize context clues to comprehend text. They observe the teacher modeling strategies to use context clues to comprehend vocabulary from the text, and as a class create a word web, using the dictionary to locate the correct definition. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- Kindergarten
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Students work on deleting, adding, and substituting phonemes in words in a familiar nursery rhyme. Working in pairs, they give clues about a word to a partner who attempts to determine the identity of the word. Using a template, the students write a limerick using their own rhyming words. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 6th
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Students discuss ways of dealing with unfamiliar words in reading. They use the SMART Board Notebook file and read the definition of a context clue. Students practice looking for synonyms, antonyms, examples experience, and explanation as the five types of context clues. A link to the worksheet is included with the lesson. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- Kindergarten - 3rd
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Students are read the novel "The 13th Clue" by Ann Johas. During the reading, they follow along with the two sets of clues as best they can. They participate in a discussion with the class if they could follow the clues given to them in the book. They create their own birthday book and reflect on it in their journals. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 6th - 12th
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Students determine the meaning of unknown vocabulary using contect clues and text structures. As a class they read sentences, and identify the four main types of context clues. In small groups they complete a graphic organizer, and write sentences for vocabulary words using the context clues. Full Review »
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