Why is it important to use precise language? Participants explore this question in the fourth activity in a series of 15 on effective instruction. Perfect for all content areas, the activity promotes appropriate language choice through...

Don't forget to read between the lines! Educators learn tips and activities to help scholars learn to infer to increase reading comprehension. Activities suggested include think alouds, backwards words, and who's who. the packet includes...

It is important to teach students the difference between facts and opinions. This is the groundwork for getting students to think critically when analyzing a piece of text. This lesson plan will help to lay the foundation for opinion...

[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...

See models of different types of context clues, and practice finding meanings of words in context.

[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart gives students practice using context to determine the meaning of an unfamiliar word. Included are practice activities and assessment pages.

This resource will help you develop your birdwatching skills. It includes how to find birds, basic tips and how to use field marks such as patterns and colours to help distinguish species.

In this lesson, students will listen to stories and determine the meaning of the word by using sentence-level context clues. They will think about the verbs that are used and think about how that verb appeals to their senses, giving them...

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

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.

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

[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.

In this slideshow tutorial, students will review how to use punctuation context clues to assist with reading comprehension. The following types of punctuation context clues are included in the lesson: definitions, synonyms, comparisons,...

[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.

[Free Registration/Login Required] Lesson uses The Grouchy Ladybug by Eric Carle to teach students predict the outcome of a story by using clues provided in pictures and in repeated texts. Ideas for direct teaching, guided practice, and...

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...

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

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.

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...

[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...

In this activity, 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.

[Free Registration/Login Required] This interactive whiteboard lesson is designed to help students develop their vocabulary by recognizing and analyzing context clues with unfamiliar words.

[Free Registration/Login Required] A site with links to 30 worksheets that can be downloaded and printed for student use while building skills with standard L.3.4.A: Use sentence-level context as a clue to the meaning of a word or phrase.

A lesson plan in which students look for new vocabulary words and context clues to define them while reading an independent reading book. Materials are included.