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Word Roots 7: SPECT, STA, VERT Beginner Context Story 1

For Students 7th - 12th
Read this paragraph out loud to your class to demonstrate pronunciation of and introduce context for the given vocabulary words. You might also use this as a cloze activity and have class members read each vocabulary word or repeat each...
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Using Context

For Teachers 4th - 8th Standards
Teams practice decoding and using context strategies to determine the meanings of unfamiliar words. After verifying the meanings of words through the use of dictionaries, the Internet, thesauruses, and other sources, learners write the...
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Quick and Sticky Context Clues

For Teachers 1st
Discuss strategies for defining word your young readers don't know. They read sentences with key words covered by sticky notes and guess from the context what the word might be. They peek at the first letter and guess again.
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Teach-nology

The Bike Riding Moose

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
What would you think if you saw a moose in a tree? Read about an impressive moose and practice using context clues with a cloze passage, which includes a word bank at the bottom of the pages for kids to reference.
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Word Meaning from Context

For Students 6th - 8th
Learners read very brief passages and answer multiple choice and short answer questions about words presented in the context of sentences. Four questions about the words edible, inedible, introvert, and trivial.
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Gap Filling 4: Context Clues

For Students 7th - 10th
Help your English learners strengthen their use of context clues in this straightforward worksheet. Twenty questions provide learners with multiple choices for completing several sentences. They choose the option that has the correct...
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Vocabulary and Context Clues 1

For Students 5th - 7th
In this vocabulary and context clues worksheet, students examine 20 sentences looking for clues about the meanings of the boldfaced words in each. Students identify the words that define the boldfaced words by underlining them. In...
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Context Clues

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students practice identifying the meanings of unknown words using context clues. In this vocabulary lesson plan, students read sentences which contain an unknown words. They will use the context of the sentence to determine the...
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Reading Comprehension: Voice of Nature

For Students 4th Standards
Understanding a text can be a very interesting task. Fourth graders read a passage describing the origin of an Aboriginal myth. They answer 11 comprehension questions that require them to pull key details, use context, and think...
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Context Clues that Define Pretest

For Students 5th - 7th
In this context clues worksheet, students define context clues and use them to define words in a reading passage.
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Context Clues

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this context clues activity, students read 6 sentences with a missing word. Using the whole sentence as a context clue, students finish the sentence, choosing from 2 words.
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Using Synonyms and Explanations as Context Clues

For Students 6th
In this using synonyms and explanations as context clues, 6th graders read newspaper articles, then answer five comprehension questions using context clues.
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Context Clues that Define

For Students 6th - 7th
In this context clues worksheet, students read the sentences and passages and use context clues to find the correct answer for the 10 online questions.
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Context Clues II: Post Test

For Students 6th - 8th
In this context clues worksheet, learners choose the answer that best defines the underlined word in each sentences.
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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Definition Context Clues

For Students 7th - 10th
Model for young readers how to recognize definition clues and how to use these clues to determine the meaning of unfamiliar words. Then distribute this activity that offers them an opportunity to practice recognizing the clues and...
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Read the Story

For Students 2nd - 3rd Standards
Want to boost your readers' comprehension skills and strategies? Look to these five pages, each with a short story and questions to answer covering main idea, facts, sequence of events, context clues, conclusions, and making...
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Build Mastery: Making Inferences

For Teachers K - 3rd
Do your youngsters realize that they are constantly making inferences? Expose this inner process by bringing out the book they will be reading. Ask scholars what they think the plan is, and explain that their answers are the product of...
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Compound Words ESL 1 Beginners

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Bring vocabulary to life with this SMARTboard activity! With a list of (linked) compound words, learners combine each part of the word to complete the compound word. They then read a narrative and identify the compound words. The last...
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Using Synonyms and Explanations as Context Clues

For Students 5th - 8th
In this synonyms and context clues worksheet, students read a sample news article and 3 short answer questions. Students then find a newspaper article in order to respond to 2 short answer questions regarding the use of context clues.
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Context Clues II Pretest

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this ESL context clues worksheet, students choose the answer that best defines a word that is given within the context of a sentence.
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Context Clues

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this context clues worksheet, students read the sentences and choose the best meaning of the underlined word. Students complete 10 online questions.
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Point of View: Comparing Esperanza's and Isabel's Perspectives About Life in the Camp (Chapter 7: "Las Cebollas/Onions")

For Teachers 5th Standards
Explore point of view and more with a Common Core-designed instructional activity. Learners experience different points of view by representing one of two characters from Esperanza Rising during a partner discussion. They must use...
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Massasoit Community College

Vocabulary: Getting Meaning From Context

For Students 6th - 9th Standards
Introduce your class to four different types of context clues: definition, example, comparison or contrast, and inference. Each type has its own description, example, and practice set. After pupils have mastered the four types, put it...
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K12 Reader

Phases of the Moon

For Students 2nd - 3rd Standards
Take one giant leap for mankind with a reading passage about the moon. Kids learn about the lunar cycle with context clues and reading comprehension questions, making it a good informational text for your language arts lesson.

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