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- Grade Range
- 4th - 8th
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Students use context clues to determine meaning of unfamiliar words, then read a newspaper or magazine article to pick out unfamiliar words and use context clues to determine the word's meaning. They share their findings with the class. Full Review »
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- 4th
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Students explore nonfiction literature. They identify the author's purpose and distinguish between fact and opinion. Students explore the differences between expository text and narrative text. They use context clues to define unfamiliar vocabulary and make inferences. Full Review »
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- 4th
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Students explore nonfiction text. They read and respond to a nonfiction selection. Students explore the use of context clues to define vocabulary and practice finding the main idea of the passage. They practice their comprehension strategies and analyze test questions. Students complete the reading and responding worksheet. Full Review »
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- 8th
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Students explore reading, thinking, and test taking strategies. They explore nonfiction text and respond to the text. Students use context clues to define vocabulary words. They examine comprehension strategies and analyzing test questions. Full Review »
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- 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 identify elements of the short story, "The Necklace." They locate words in the story and use context clues to determine their meanings. After reading the story, they discuss it and complete comprehension worksheets. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 3rd
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Students complete a variety of activities related to the book "The Magic Apple" by Rob Cleveland. They answer story comprehension questions and complete a context clues worksheet. Students also complete a parts of speech worksheet and an opposite meaning crossword puzzle. Full Review »
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- 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
- 8th
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Students complete a variety of activities related to the first two scenes of "Diary of Anne Frank." They participate in a read aloud, and identify and define key vocabulary terms. In small groups they write story comprehension questions, and complete a context clue worksheet. Full Review »
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- 11th
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Students explore ways to discover the meanings of unknown vocabulary words when they don't have a dictionary available to them. In groups they attempt to figure out the meaning of six words. Then, as a class, they discuss which methods were the most effective and why. Full Review »
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