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Read Works

Read Works: Vocabulary in Context 2nd Grade Unit: Context Clues

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This is a lesson in which students learn to use context clues in surrounding sentences to determine the meanings of unfamiliar words. The lesson utilizes the book The Life Cycle of an Emperor Penguin by...
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Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Understanding New Vocabulary Within Context

For Students 6th - 9th Standards
Learn how to find the meanings of words through analogy and other word relationships.
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Florida Center for Reading Research

Florida Center for Reading Research: Words in Context: Looking for Meaning [Pdf]

For Teachers 2nd - 5th Standards
A lesson plan in which students look for the meanings of unknown words in a text. Materials are included.
Lesson Plan
Florida Center for Reading Research

Florida Center for Reading Research: Words in Context: If the Word Fits

For Teachers 1st - 2nd Standards
A lesson plan in which students work with a partner to choose the meaning of the underlined word in each sentence. Materials are included.
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Polk Brothers Foundation Center for Urban Education at DePaul University

De Paul University: Center for Urban Education: Can Infer Meaning of Word From Context [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Students will find a reference poster that will help students inference. Students will find step-by-step directions to help them infer meanings of new words.
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University of South Florida

Fcat Express: Contextual Clues

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
Strategies to help students recognize the meaning of words through contextual clues provided by a standardized test preparation site intended for fourth grade. Includes strategies such as C(2)QU (See Two Cue You), PReP (Prereading Plan),...
PPT
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Examining Nearby Words

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson explains how to examine nearby words when determining the meaning of vocabulary words. This tutorial lesson shares a short slideshow with the lesson's content. L.11-12.4 Word Meanings, L.11-12.4a Words/Context
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Read Works

Read Works: Vocabulary in Context 4th Grade Unit

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] Young scholars explore various strategies for using context clues to determine the meaning of unknown words. With free login, users have access to the passage and other teaching materials used in this...
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Other

Crossroads Education: Context Clues Chart

For Students 2nd - 3rd Standards
A student's quick-reference guide to using context clues while reading.
PPT
Tom Richey

Slide Share: Context Clues

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
This downloadable slideshow focuses on context clues including definitions, the four types, and examples.
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Curated OER

Mc Graw Hill: Craft and Structure: Determine the Meaning of Words and Phrases

For Students 5th - 7th Standards
Learn how to use context clues to determine the meaning of an unfamiliar word in a Social Studies passage.
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Utah Education Network

Uen: Lesson Plan: Learn New Words

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd Standards
Lesson plan uses Penquin Post by Debi Gliori to teach students how to use context clues to determine the meaning of new words and to build vocabulary acquisition skills.
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SMART Technologies

Smart: Context Clues With Vocabulary

For Teachers 3rd - 8th Standards
This lesson focuses on using context clues within a sentences to determine the meaning of an unknown word. Additional skills of prefixes and root words are included. Answer pages are provided for each practice activity.
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Curated OER

Mc Graw Hill: Use Context Clues

For Students 5th - 7th Standards
Use the example to see how you might use context clues to determine the meaning of the words.
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Room Recess

Room Recess: Skill: Context Clues

For Students 1st - 3rd Standards
Play this online learning game by using context clues to click on the work that best completes each sentence.
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Quia

Quia: Rags to Riches: Context Clues

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
In this game, students use context clues in the passage to determine the meaning of vocabulary words.
Interactive
Quia

Quia: Context Clues Jeopardy 1

For Students 5th Standards
Use context clues to determine the meaning of the underlined words in this Jeopardy style learning game.
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Quia

Quia: Context Clues

For Students 3rd - 4th Standards
Read each sentence and use context clues to choose the meaning of the bolded word in this ten-question quiz.
Interactive
Quia

Quia: Context Clues Millionaire Game

For Students 3rd Standards
Read each sentence and use context clues to determine the meaning of the underlined word in this Rags to Riches style game.
PPT
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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Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Understand New Vocabulary Within Context (English 6 Reading)

For Students 5th - 7th Standards
You will learn how to use context (e.g., cause and effect or compare and contrast organizational text structures) to determine or clarify the meaning of unfamiliar or multiple-meaning words.
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Better Lesson

Better Lesson: Learning About Subheadings and Bold Words

For Teachers 1st - 2nd Standards
In this lesson, learners will use several strategies to learn the meaning of new words they encounter in text. The students will learn specific strategies so when they encounter new words, they can figure out the meaning of those words...
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Polk Brothers Foundation Center for Urban Education at DePaul University

De Paul University: Center for Urban Education: Context to Determine Meaning of a Word [Pdf]

For Students 5th - 8th Standards
This learning module contains three nonfiction reading lessons that will assist student understand how to apply context clues when they encounter new vocabulary words.
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CPALMS

Cpalms: Building Meaning

For Students K - 1st Standards
In this tutorial, students will acquire tools from Handy Hal that will help them answer questions about unknown words in a text. Students will learn about word parts, picture clues, and context clues to help them with vocabulary...