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Curated OER

Guess the Covered Word

For Teachers 2nd
Students must guess the hidden word in this high frequency words presentation. Students consider a total of 26 sentences that each have a word missing. They must fill in the correct word. A good teaching tool for not only high frequency...
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DK Publishing

Sentences #2 Worksheet

For Students Pre-K - K Standards
As your scholars learn how to read, it's important they understand that sentences are made up of words. For this visual learning exercise, they count the words in two simple sentences and record the numbers. Each five-word sentence also...
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PPT
Curated OER

Odyssey Vocabulary English 9

For Teachers 8th - 9th
So your class is just about to start the Odyssey. Although you'll undoubtedly help them define vocabulary words in context, present them with this list of nine words to get them started. Each is defined, but consider also providing a...
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Curated OER

Macbeth List 1 Worksheet

For Students 11th - 12th
Even by using context clues, readers won't understand all of the language in Macbeth. Prepare them for some of the tricky language in the beginning by providing them with this two-page vocabulary activity. Twenty new words are introduced...
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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

The Progressive Era: Muckrakers

For Teachers 10th - 12th Standards
Using Upton Sinclair's The Jungle, guide your class in the process of identifying unknown terms using context clues and formulating text-based answers. The lesson plan includes a useful worksheet incorporating scaffolding questions on an...
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Organizer
PB Works

“George Washington’s Socks”: Vocabulary Part 1

For Students 3rd - 6th Standards
Supplement a class reading of George Washington's Socks with this list of vocabulary words. Including a mixture of verbs, nouns, adjectives, and adverbs, this resource asks young readers to record the page number and a synonym for each...
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San Francisco Public Utilities Commission

What is Drought? No Rain, No Water

For Teachers 2nd - 4th Standards
How can climate change affect our water supply? Have kids read a passage about the water cycle and water conservation, which includes six questions that challenge them to use context clues.
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LearnEnglishFeelGood.com

Prepositions After Adjectives

For Students 3rd - 6th Standards
Practice reading context clues with a set of ten sentences within a grammar worksheet. As they examine each sentence, readers choose which preposition would be most appropriate after the adjective shown.
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Curated OER

Reading Comprehension

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this reading comprehension learning exercise, students read sentences containing a bold word. They identify the meaning of the word by using context clues. Students complete 4 comprehension problems.
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Curated OER

Conversation Lesson: News

For Students 7th
In this conversation lesson worksheet, 7th graders use context clues to get the meaning of 8 words, then select 6 news stories from a list of 12 and explain why they would choose those for an evening TV news broadcast.
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Unit Plan
Curated OER

The Fisherman and His Wife

For Teachers 2nd - 4th Standards
Engage conversation and explore the journey as you challenge young readers to interpret the german folktale, "The Fisherman and His Wife" written by literary brothers Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm.
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E Reading Worksheets

Summarizing Text

For Students 5th - 6th Standards
Help learners find the most important information in a text with a lesson on summarizing. As kids read through a passage about Johannes Gutenberg, they summarize small excerpts, put events in sequential order, and respond to two longer...
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K20 LEARN

Argument Is Everywhere: Introduction to Argument

For Teachers 11th - 12th Standards
C.E.R = Claim + Evidence + Reasoning. That's the framework behind building a solid piece of argument writing. Introduce young writers to this format with an engaging lesson that uses YouTube videos and a PowerPoint to illustrate the...
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Curated OER

Taking a picture Walk

For Teachers 1st
First graders use question words to answer comprehension questions.  In this reading strategies instructional activity, 1st graders use picture cues and predict events in a story. Students use context clues to understand unfamiliar...
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Curated OER

The Missing Word

For Teachers K - 2nd
Learners, after reading a short story, predict possible missing words by utilizing context clues and graphophonic clues. A picture book with several words covered up sets the scene for this lesson. They share their predictions in groups...
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Curated OER

Reading and Responding -- Lesson 10

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders work individually or in a small group to (1) read a fictional passage, (2) practice test-taking strategies, and (3) practice using context clues to increase their vocabulary. Reading passage and comprehension questions...
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Curated OER

Decoding Strategies

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students practice using context clues to decode the meanings of unfamiliar words. In this vocabulary skills lesson, students follow the provided instructions to complete graphic organizers that enable them to decode words in "The...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Strategies for Determining the Meaning of a Word

For Teachers 1st Standards
What does that word mean? I can sound it out, but it just doesn't make sense. Teach your class a sure fire strategy to combat those pesky unknown words. You'll introduce the concept of context clues through metacognitive modeling,...
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Curated OER

What's the Right Meaning?

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this recognizing and correcting mistakes in sentences worksheet, learners read two sentences, discover the mistake in the second sentence, and use words in the word bank to correct them. Students write 8 answers.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Mr. Putter and Tabby Vocabulary

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this vocabulary from Mr Putter and Tabby by Cynthia Rylant worksheet, students cut out the squares with vocabulary words, alphabetize them, and create sentences using them. Students write 11 sentences.
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Curated OER

Artifacts 2: Artifacts in Context

For Teachers K - 2nd
Young scholars will explore an archaeological mystery that demonstrates the importance of context in learning from artifacts. Factors such as the artifact's location, its proximity to other artifacts, and the number of similar artifacts...
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Write.com

Which vs. That

For Students 5th - 9th
Show your class the difference between which and that with this basic and straightforward worksheet. Using the context of each sentence, learners circle the appropriate word choice. Assign this as a warm-up activity or a short homework...
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Novelinks

The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle: Magic Square Vocabulary

For Teachers 3rd - 7th Standards
After reading chapter one of The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle by Avi, take part in a magic square vocabulary activity in which scholars match the term with its definition and insert its corresponding number in to the magic square...
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EngageNY

Paragraph Writing: The Role of Religion in Colonial America

For Teachers 4th Standards
Informative writing is emphasized in the standards. Help your learners reach that goal with the plan for paragraph writing outlined here. After reviewing the work from the day before and adding to their vocabulary notebooks, class...

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