Lumen Learning
Lumen: Rhetorical Reading: Read Strategically: Context Clues
This lesson focuses on using context clues to determine word meanings while reading including synonym, definition, example, contrast, experience, or adjacent clues. L.11-12.4d Verify meaning
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Solving Word Meanings: Engaging Strategies for Vocabulary Dev.
A 5-lesson unit where students learn to use context clues and semantic gradients together to determine the meanings of unfamiliar words.
Florida Center for Reading Research
Florida Center for Reading Research: Morpheme Structures: Word Way [Pdf]
A lesson plan in which students identify unknown words within a text, identify their parts and syllables, and work to determine the meaning of each word. Materials are included.
Other
Wisewire: Grade 3 Playlist: Identifying Real Life Connections Between Words
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...