Read each sentence and use context clues to choose the meaning of the bolded word in this ten-question quiz.

Learn how to use context clues to help you define precise vocabulary words that you may not know.

[Free Registration/Login Required] A lesson in which learners learn to use contrasting statements within a sentences to determine the meanings of unfamiliar words. Lesson includes directions for direct teaching, guided practice, and...

[Free Registration/Login Required] A lesson in which students learn to use information within appositives to determine the meanings of unfamiliar words. Lesson utilizes the book The Life Cycle of a Beetle by Bobbie Kalman and Molly...

Site provides extensive assistance in preparing 4th grade students for Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test. This section provides help in using the "probable passage" technique to aid comprehension. In addition, links are available to...

A lesson plan in which students look for the meanings of unknown words in a text. Materials are included.

A short explanation of the importance of using precise word choice in writing and using context clues to help you understand the meaning of precise words when reading. Click on Model to for an example with explanation and then click on...

Fill in the blank for each sentence by using context clues. A score is tallied and displayed after ten sentences have been completed.

Fill in the blank for each sentence by using context clues. A score is tallied and displayed after ten sentences have been completed.

A short example of using context clues to determine the meaning of unfamiliar content words. Click on Practice to practice using context clues.

Often, without even realizing it, readers are connecting the words they read to their everyday lives. The human brain is moving so fast that even while reading, behind the scenes, readers are making connections to their real lives and to...

Interactive quizzes to help develop skill using suffixes in vocabulary. After a short introductory slide show, students are asked to identify the meaning of words in context that use similar suffixes. Next, students fill in the...

Lean twenty-two words to use when describing the weather by reading short passages and using context clues to define weather related vocabulary words.

[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart was created to use with the story, Flight, by Robert Burleigh, in the Scott Foresman Reading Series for third grade. Students will preview and predict what the story will be about. The...