Curated OER
Rhyme Time
Students listen to a variety of stories and identify rhyming words. They sequence events in the story and generate rhymes of their own. They sort words by rhyming families and write rhymes of their own.
Curated OER
ESOL Government and Community Resources
Students view pictures of government official and identify each by name and
title. They compare these U. S. officials with those in the students' native
countries then write a sentence about each of the officials.
Curated OER
Kindergarten Holocaust Unit
Students determine that we are the same. They discuss that we have differences and realize our differences make us special. They recall the ways in which human beings and Sesame Street characters are alike. They create a second...
Curated OER
Pioneer Trails and Towns
Third graders research pioneer trails to discover how they have changed. For this pioneer trails and towns lesson, 3rd graders identify trails on a map and gather information on how those trails are now major roads and highways along...
Curated OER
Agriculture
Students examine the types of agriculture in their own state and in their local community. They examine how food makes it to their local grocery store. They compare data from different states.
Curated OER
Fraction Word Problems
In this fractions learning exercise, students complete fraction word problems containing 1 digit numbers. Students complete 4 problems total.
Curated OER
Fractions Two-Step Word Problems-Mixed Numbers
In this fractions worksheet, students complete word problems containing fractions and mixed numbers. Students complete 12 problems.
Curated OER
Prehistoric Native American Lesson Plan: Pictionary with the Past
Young scholars participate in a vocabulary exercise at a website dedicated to Prehistoric Native Americans.
Curated OER
Correlative Conjunctions
Students identify correlative conjunctions in sentences and then rewrite pairs of sentences as a single sentence with correlative conjunctions. They practice diagramming sentences of various sentence patterns and then write a personal...
Curated OER
Classify Rocks
Students classify different types of rocks. In this earth science lesson, students test different rock samples and construct a chart to record observations. They create a concept map that answers essential questions.
Curated OER
Artifacts 1: What Can We Learn From Artifacts?
students will learn about artifacts-what they are, how they are initially buried and then excavated. They participate in an online game and called "Stratigraphy" and participate in the "If Trash Could Talk" activity page.
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Using Context Clues (English Iii Reading)
[Accessible by TX Educators. Free Registration/Login Required] This lesson focuses on ways of searching through the context for clues to illuminate unknown words. Unknown words interrupt the flow of your reading, and, like a bump in the...
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
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: Journey North: Reading Strategies: Use Context Clues to Decipher Words
This reading resource discusses the strategy of using context clues to decipher new words. A list of guiding questions is provided to help students as they use context clues to understand new words.
Savvas Learning
Pearson Education: Longman Vocabulary Website: Using Context Clues: Word Clues
This site offers a review of using context clues, along with three progressively more difficult practice exercises. Students match the highlighted word in the sentence with its meaning using a pull down box. In the third exercise, the...
Savvas Learning
Pearson Education: The Longman Vocabulary Website: Using Context Clues
Discover how to use context clues to improve your reading skills. This resource features exercises for beginners, intermediate and advanced students. L.9-10.4a, L.8.2.B Context/Meaning
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Context Clues and Analogies (English Ii Reading)
[Accessible by TX Educators. Free Registration/Login Required] This lesson focuses on strategies for using context clues and analogies to determine the meaning of words, sentences, and paragraphs.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Definition Context Clues
In this slideshow tutorial, students will review the concept of using context clues to comprehend unfamiliar words or phrases in a given text. Types of context clues and their definitions are also included.
Other
Sacramento City College: What Are Context Clues?
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...
Read Works
Read Works: Vocabulary in Context 2nd Grade Unit: Context Clues
[Free Registration/Login Required] This is a activity in which students learn to use context clues in surrounding sentences to determine the meanings of unfamiliar words. The activity utilizes the book The Life Cycle of an Emperor...
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.
Utah Education Network
Uen: Vocabulary Words in Context
In this lesson, 5th graders will use context clues as they learn new science vocabulary words through listening, reading and discussing the new content. The terms are associated with the reshaping of the earth's surface.
Lumen Learning
Lumen: Rhetorical Reading: Putting It Together: Rhetorical Reading
This is a summary of the previous lessons having to do with rhetorical reading including rhetorical context, previewing text, actively reading, using context clues, and reading voraciously.
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Context Clues and Analogies (English Ii Reading)
[Accessible by TX Educators. Free Registration/Login Required] This lesson focuses on using a combination of reference materials and analyzing context clues and analogies to improve your knowledge of new words.