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Context Clues (5)

For Students 2nd - 5th Standards
Unfamiliar words can make it difficult to understand what a piece of writing is trying to say. Practice using context clues to define words you don't know with a language arts worksheet, which features five sentences and enough space to...
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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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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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Institute for the Professional Development of Adult Educators

Using Context Clues with Signal Words

For Teachers 11th - Higher Ed Standards
When you come across an unfamiliar word in a text, do you skip it and move on? Practice using context clues to identify words you don't know with a thorough set of language arts lessons. The resource reinforces close reading and critical...
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English Linx

Context Clues Worksheet (Part 1) L.6.4a

For Teachers 3rd - 6th Standards
Practice using context clues to determine the meaning of words. While the words in this activity are relatively simple, they will help ease pupils into the process of using context clues. Make the activity stronger by asking class...
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Curated OER

Context Clues Worksheet (Part 1)

For Teachers 6th - 9th Standards
Practice using context clues to determine the meaning of specific words. Learners read a sentence and write the meaning of the underlined word on the line below each sentence. By practicing this skill, class members will soon be ready to...
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Curated OER

Context Clues Worksheet (Part 2)

For Teachers 6th - 9th Standards
One way you can help your learners with reading comprehension is by teaching them how to use context clues to help them figure out the meaning of unfamiliar words. Here is a resource that asks class members to practice that very skill....
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Curated OER

Context Clues Worksheet (Part 3)

For Teachers 6th - 9th Standards
Ask your pupils to become amateur detectives and use clues to determine the meaning of words. Once they have analyzed the clues, they write the meaning on a provided blank line. If they internalize this process, they can use context...
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Curated OER

Context Clues

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this context clues worksheet, students identify the meaning of the bold word by using the words around it. Students complete 14 multiple choice questions.
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E Reading Worksheets

Context Clues

For Students 4th - 6th Standards
Reinforce language and reading comprehension skills with a worksheet focused on context clues. Scholars carefully read twelve sentences, use prior knowledge and sentence clues to define an unknown word.   
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E Reading Worksheets

Context Clues Vocabulary Builder Activity

For Students 5th - 7th Standards
Reading comprehension improves when you can use context clues to define unfamiliar words. Help your kids practice using context clues with a worksheet that provides space for seven sentences with new words, as well as a place for kids to...
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Curated OER

Context Clues I

For Students 5th - 6th Standards
Use this interactive, online quiz to assess learners on their ability to find the meaning of an unknown word using context clues. This quiz is designed as a post-assessment, so you'll have to teach the skill of using context clues to...
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North Clackamas School District

Context Clues: Synonyms

For Students 4th - 6th Standards
What do you do when you find a word that's not familiar to you? Help readers use context clues when encountering unfamiliar words with a grammar activity. They note the parts of the sentences that show the meaning of the word,...
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K12 Reader

Determine the Meaning

For Students 4th - 6th Standards
Enhance elementary readers' vocabulary skills with a worksheet focused on context clues. Individuals read ten short sentences, each with an underlined word, and look over four options to find the most appropriate synonym that could...
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Context Clues

For Students 5th - 8th Standards
Build vocabulary skills by teaching learners how to figure out the meaning of words by using clues in the surrounding text. Given a sentence, learners determine the definition of the bolded word and then note the clues that helped them...
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Curated OER

Context Clues

For Students 7th - 8th
Learners review and discuss what context clues are and then read six sentences and paragraphs and circle the correct context clue for each one.
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Prestwick House

Vocabulary Activity Sheet

For Teachers 7th - 9th Standards
What does it mean to stream a program? How do you know if you're watching a mash-up? If you don't know these words, reach for your handy Merriam-Webster dictionary, because they're there! A series of fill-in-the-blank questions...
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McGraw Hill

Determine the Meaning of Words and Phrases

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
Work on using context clues in your social studies class. Pupils read a brief selection about the terrain in Senegal and define each of the underlined words in the space provided. They also list the context clues that helped them...
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Curated OER

Word Meanings from Context

For Students 5th - 6th
Here is a vocabulary worksheet in which your scholars determine the meaning of 10 words using context clues from short readings. They choose from among four words and write their answers on the blank lines at the bottom of the page. They...
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Curated OER

Sentence Completion 11: Low-Advanced SAT Level

For Students 7th - 9th
Context clues can be used to determine the meaning of unfamiliar works; likewise, they can be used to determine the correct answer on a sentence completion exercise. Using context clues is just one of the many strategies detailed in the...
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Curated OER

Sentence Completion 8

For Students 7th - 9th
Review context clues with your young readers using this helpful resource. Eight questions contain a missing word that pupils choose out of five options. The sentences provide ample context clues, making the choice more about test-taking...
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Curated OER

Vocabulary Review: Definitions

For Students 2nd - 3rd
Learners read sentences with highlighted words, use context clues, and select the correct meanings of those words from three choices. Sheet contains 10 practice opportunities.
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Curated OER

Vocabulary in Sentences

For Students 3rd - 5th
With a vocabulary usage activity, readers use context clues to determine the correct choices of vocabulary words to complete sentences. They complete 12 questions, most of which are based on gerunds and infinitives. 
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Curated OER

Sentence Completion 18

For Students 7th - 10th
Challenge your class to complete these six sentences using context clues and multiple choice answers. After they have finished the activity, go through the answer and discuss how they completed each sentence from a test strategies point...

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