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,...

[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...

A dictionary is not the only way to figure out the meaning of new words. Readers also can look for familiar word parts. These word parts might appear in other words that readers already know. By looking for familiar word parts, including...

Watch an introductory tutorial about inferring during reading, and then choose from several different types of texts to practice using the skill.

Use the example to see how you might use context clues to determine the meaning of the words.

Use context clues to determine the meaning of the underlined words in this Jeopardy style learning game.

A six-part learning module with links to videos to use while reading S. E. Hinton's The Outsiders.

The highly-respected Reading Rockets program offers both teachers and students a toolkit of ways to connect more actively with the materials they read. Some of these techniques are specifically for fiction-reading, others are designed...

Using clue words, students are asked to number a list of events in order from 1-10 and then check answers. Students have up to three attempts to solve.

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.

A activity where students use the book Cloud, Rain, and Fog by Fred and Jeane Biddulph to learn about text structures and reading strategies with information texts.

The class will read the informational text "Together They Were Better". As the teacher reads the book aloud, she/he will use the illustrations from each page to give students clues as to the text on the page, helping them to see the...

In this video, Harley moves in with Harry and makes Harry's life miserable. Harley spies on Harry writing in his diary. When Harley "borrows" the diary, he finds it is written in a code using numbers. Harley figures out a pattern with...

Professor Mill Ennium invites users into the Discovery Lab where they run across a box of cells and have to use the clues to figure out whether they are plant or animal cells.

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.

Use the clues provided to unscramble a science word or term! A random selection of science terms is used for this puzzle.

Spell each CCVC word in the picture using the buttons or by typing your answer. Use the 'Clue' button if you get really stuck.

Use the science clues to discover the computer's secret word!