Remind scholars to use context clues when they come across unknown words with the help of a music video that describes what context clues are, and how to use them to come up with a definition.

Concepts

context clues, academic vocabulary, reading stories, reading

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Additional Tags

english language arts

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Instructional Ideas

• Take screenshots of important information and display the images around the room as reference posters 
• Use the video as a musical brain-break when pupils are in need of a pause in current instruction 
• Send the link home with class members to continue the learning process with their families 

Classroom Considerations

• An ad appears at the start of the video 

• This video is hosted on YouTube

Pros

• The singer clearly explains the definition of context clues 
• The video gives one example of a scholar thinking and how he came to a definition of an unknown word 
• The unknown word is circled in each of the provided sentences 

Cons

• The song's tempo is rather slow and does not reflect current music trends
• Some text appears too small on screen which may make reading while listening a challenge 

Common Core

RF.3.4.c RF.4.4.c RF.5.4.c L.3.4.a L.4.4.a L.5.4.a