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How to Study: Building Vocabulary: Using Context Clues to Learn Word Meaning

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
This resource explains six ways authors use context clues that might help readers understand unfamiliar words. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.L.4, 8.2.B
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McGraw Hill

Mc Graw Hill: Vocabulary Acquisition and Use: Use Context Clues

For Students 5th - 7th Standards
See models of different types of context clues, and practice finding meanings of words in context.
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Savvas Learning

Pearson Education: The Longman Vocabulary Website: Using Context Clues

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
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
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Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: Journey North: Reading Strategies: Use Context Clues to Decipher Words

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
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.
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Sophia Learning

Sophia: Definition Context Clues

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
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.
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Curated OER

Mc Graw Hill: Vocabulary Acquisition: Use Context Clues

For Students 5th Standards
This learning module focuses on using context clues to understand unknown words including definitions, examples, restatements, cause and effect/relationships, and comparisons. It provides examples with explanations and a practice...
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Sophia Learning

Sophia: Interpreting Vocabulary in Context

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson explains how to interpret vocabulary by using context. L.9-10.4a Context/Meaning, L.11-12.4a Words/Context
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ClassFlow

Class Flow: Context Clues Intro

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart discusses context clues and how they are used to determine the meaning of unfamiliar words. There is sufficient material for several lessons on this topic. Included are activities and...
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Tom Richey

Slide Share: Understanding Context Clues

For Students 6th Standards
A slide show with forty-two slides with explanations and examples on how to use context clued to determine the meanings of unknown words.
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English for Everyone

English for Everyone: Sentence Completion 2: Level 7 [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
English for Everyone provides a printable quiz to assess Level 7 vocabulary. Students will use context clues to place words, or word pairs, into compound and complex sentences.