Reinforce language and reading comprehension skills with a worksheet focused on context clues. Scholars carefully read twelve sentences, use prior knowledge and sentence clues to define an unknown word.   

Concepts

Vocabulary, context clues, word meanings, unknown words, reading comprehension, reading comprehension strategies

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Additional Tags

english language arts

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Instructional Ideas

• Assign the worksheet as homework, during a small group rotation, or an exit ticket 
• Allow pupils to check their answers using a dictionary 

Classroom Considerations

• Learners should have an understanding of context clues 

Pros

• Bold font separates the word in focus from the rest of the sentence 
• Offers clear and detailed directions 

Cons

• Provides limited space to write word definitions 

Common Core

RL.4.4 RL.5.4 RI.4.4 RI.5.4 L.4.4.a L.5.4.a RL.6.4 RI.6.4 L.6.4.a