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Using Inference in Writing
What could have happened to a plane buried in snow? Have kids practice making inferences with a writing prompt for which they describe a photo without using specific key words.
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Simple Present or Present Continuous?
Mastering verb tense is an important part of building your learners' reading skills. Young grammarians look over ten sentences and use context clues to decide whether they should use the present or present progressive tense.
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Earthquakes: Movement of the Earth's Crust
Readers use context to determine the meaning of words found in a short article about earthquakes and the movement of the earth's crust.
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When Am I? (16)
How can you tell when a story takes place? Use context clues to infer the time of day and seasons of five short reading passages. Kids then note each passage's time period as daytime or nighttime, as well as winter or summer.
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Word Roots 6: PLIC, FAC, COGN Intermediate True and False 2
Help your class make sense of vocabulary with this online interactive resource. Using a word bank and information on word roots, pupils determine if each statement is correct, marking true or false. Since this is an online activity, they...
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Count or Non-Count Nouns?
Many learners struggle with the difference between count and non-count nouns. When do you use a few or a little? Or much or many? Take a look at ten sentences where young grammarians can use context clues to decide which noun fits in the...
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Vocabulary In Conversation
In this vocabulary in conversation worksheet, students use context clues to fill in the blanks of a dialog online, then check the answers.
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Confusing Words
In this confusing words learning exercise, students complete 30 sentences with the words that are given, using context clues to determine the meaning.
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Using Collective Nouns
What do you call a group of soccer players? Or a bunch of bees? Young grammarians review eight sentences and add the correct collective noun based on the context clues they observe.
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Choose the right preposition for each phrasal verb
Clarify the meanings of ten sentences with a fill-in-the-blank learning exercise. As young grammarians study the context clues in each sentence, they choose which preposition would best complete the thought.
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Spelling Root Words
After knowing the root word, can your learner identify various words that use the root word, depending on the sentences provided? Learners use context clues to complete the blanks for nine questions.
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Extreme Weather
What is thunder? After reading a short article about extreme weather, middle schoolers must use information in the text to explain this weather phenomenon.
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Identify the Homographs
To conduct an orchestra, a conductor’s conduct must be above reproach. What fun! Light a match under your readers by having them read a series of definitions and find the homograph that matches. If students don’t contest, you could...
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Making Inferences (1)
Provide readers with an opportunity to practice drawing inferences by giving them this activity. Kids identify the text and author, record a sentence they believe infers rather than directly says, and then write the deeper meaning the...
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Mid-Unit Assessment: Close Reading of Bullfrog at Magnolia Circle: Bullfrog Life Cycle
The sixth lesson plan in this Bullfrog at Magnolia Circle unit assesses your third graders' ability to read and understand informational text. The included assessment asks learners to take notes about the main idea and supporting details...
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MyVocabulary.com: Word Roots SPECT, STA, and VERT Intermediate True/False Quiz
Pupils are provided with 12 sentences using vocabulary terms containing the word roots SPECT, STA, and VERT and they must use their knowledge of word roots as well as the context of the sentence to determine if the terms are used...
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Idiom Exercise
Don't let your pupils bite off more than they can chew! Comprehending idiomatic speech can be very perplexing to language learners. Readers must use context clues, common sense, and knowledge of the connotative and denotative meanings to...
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Identifying Adverbs IV
What a mess! Read about Lilly-Ann's birthday cupcake surprise and work on grammar skills at the same time. Four lengthy paragraphs provide kids with many opportunities to find and circle adverbs. They note the ways that adverbs come in...
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Word Roots 3: Cern, Jur, Leg Intermediate Fill-in-the-Blanks
This resource includes a word bank, information about specific word roots, and 12 fill-in-the-blank sentences that will help your class acquire vocabulary. This is an online activity that provides instant feedback. Make connections...
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Word Roots 5: NAT, TRACT, SEQU Intermediate Fill-in-the-Blanks
This is a straightforward vocabulary exercise in which learners fill in each blank in 12 sentences with a word from a word bank. The activity is somewhat unique because it connects word roots to the meaning of the words, giving learners...
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Choose the Homograph
Practice homographs with this fun worksheet! Learners choose the meanings of ten homographs based on the sentence's context clues. The worksheet has a picture of bats - one flying mammal, and one used in baseball. Use this resource as a...
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Proverbs and Adages: What’s the Meaning?
Your kids have probably heard these idioms before, but do they know what they mean? Help them learn that haste makes waste, an ill wind blows no good, and that ignorance is bliss with a list of popular expressions.
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Smokey’s Story
Learn about Smokey the Bear's origins and message for campers everywhere with a short resource about fire safety. After reading about the real Smokey the Bear, learners add dialogue to four different scenarios matching what Smokey would...
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Conversation Lesson: News
In this conversation lesson worksheet, 7th graders use context clues to get the meaning of 8 words, then select 6 news stories from a list of 12 and explain why they would choose those for an evening TV news broadcast.