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Activity
Florida Center for Reading Research

Vocabulary: Morphemic Elements, Make It Meaningful

For Teachers 4th - 5th Standards
Scholars learn to find meaning in words using affixes with a language arts activity. In pairs, children sort cards with printed sentences that include words with the prefixes mis- and pre- and the suffixes -er, -ness, and -able. Then,...
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Activity
Florida Center for Reading Research

Vocabulary: Word Meaning, Word Wrap

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd Standards
Support young learners' acquisition of new vocabulary with this pair of graphic organizers. Using context clues and reference materials, children complete each section of the activity, including the definition, synonyms, examples and...
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Activity
Florida Center for Reading Research

Vocabulary: Word Analysis, Meaning Map

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd Standards
Lead young learners to understand new vocabulary with this series of word maps. The first of these organizers asks children to determine the definition and provide examples and descriptions of each word with the help of dictionaries,...
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Activity
Florida Center for Reading Research

Vocabulary: Words in Context, Meaning Maker

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd Standards
Support children with finding meaning in unknown words using this graphic organizer. While reading a piece of writing, learners identify unfamiliar words, using context clues and reference materials to find and record definitions before...
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Activity
Florida Center for Reading Research

Vocabulary: Words in Context, Ask-Explain-List

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd Standards
Engage young readers in using context clues with this collaborative vocabulary activity. In pairs, children draw from a deck of cards, with each card asking a question about a context involving a specific vocabulary word. After...
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Printables
Curated OER

New Words Book Report Form

For Teachers 1st - 3rd Standards
Support young learners with acquiring new vocabulary from their independent reading books with this book report form. After documenting the book's title, author, and illustrator, children record three new words they encountered in the...
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E Reading Worksheets

E Reading Worksheets: Context Clues Worksheets: Context Clues 2.2

For Students 4th - 7th Standards
This site shares a context clues activity. Students will read each sentence, write original definitions of bolded terms, and then write the clues that help them determine the bolded words' definitions. Links for an answer key, vocabulary...
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Unit Plan
Other

Sacramento City College: What Are Context Clues?

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
This screen is the first of a series of slides about using context clues. It defines context clues. The following screens contain examples and tips on how to use and interpret context clues. Use the Next buttons to complete the...
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Lesson Plan
ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Internalization of Vocabulary Through the Use of a Word Map

For Teachers 5th - 9th Standards
Students practice with words and develop both denotative and contextual knowledge through two agents-purposeful sequencing of steps and collaboration with peers.
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Lesson Plan
Read Works

Read Works: Vocabulary in Context 1st Grade Unit

For Teachers 1st - 3rd Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This website provides a series of three lesson plans designed to teach young scholars to use visual, meaning, and structure clues separately and together to determine the meaning of unknown words....
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Lesson Plan
Utah Education Network

Uen: Lesson Plan: Learn New Words

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd Standards
Lesson plan uses Penquin Post by Debi Gliori to teach students how to use context clues to determine the meaning of new words and to build vocabulary acquisition skills.
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PPT
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Examining Nearby Words

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson explains how to examine nearby words when determining the meaning of vocabulary words. This tutorial lesson shares a short slideshow with the lesson's content. L.11-12.4 Word Meanings, L.11-12.4a Words/Context
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Lesson Plan
Read Works

Read Works: Vocabulary in Context 4th Grade Unit

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students explore various strategies for using context clues to determine the meaning of unknown words. With free login, users have access to the passage and other teaching materials used in this lesson...
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Lesson Plan
Read Works

Read Works: Grade 1: Three Lesson Unit: Character: Actions, Feelings, Looks

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] A series of three lesson plans, based on David Shannon's books No, David!, David Gets in Trouble, and David Goes to School. Young scholars learn how to utilize text and picture clues to determine and...
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Interactive
Courseware Solutions

Wordville: Vocabulary Bingo

For Students 1st - 5th
Students choose words to complete sentences and try to get three in a row for a vocabulary bingo in this three-leveled game.
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PPT
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Cause and Effect Context Clues

For Students 5th - 7th Standards
This lesson introduces cause and effect context clues.
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PPT
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Example Context Clues

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson introduces example context clues. This tutorial lesson shares a short slideshow with the lesson's content. L.11-12.4a Words/Context
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PPT
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Contrast Context Clues

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson introduces contrast context clues.
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PPT
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Context Clues

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson introduces types of context clues.