Determining Meaning Using Context Cues

Get Ready for Third Grade

Vocabulary 1

Vocabulary development helps second graders advance their reading and writing skills. This guided lesson uses exercises and techniques targeted to building vocabulary. Kids will be tasked with using descriptive adjectives, distinguishing between similar verbs and adjectives, and using context clues to determine the meaning of a word phrase. For more vocabulary boosters, check out the worksheets that align with this lesson.

2nd grade

Guided Lesson

Homophones: Hold the Homophone!

Get Ready for Third Grade

This workbook helps third graders brush up on their skills over the summer months by engaging them with targeted practice in core subjects, including word study, math, reading and writing.

3rd grade

Reading & writing

Workbook

Reading Skills: Sentences to Stories

Homophones: Hold the Homophone!

Want your students to/too/two use the right/write words when/win writing? This lesson will teach them about homophones and the different ways/weighs they are used.

4th grade

Reading & writing

Lesson plan

Reading Skills: Sentences to Stories

The reading and writing practice in this workbook will get kids thinking about all the different parts that go into a good story, like vocabulary, structure and sequencing.

3rd grade

Reading & writing

Workbook

Informational Text 1

Determining Meaning Using Context Cues 3

Informational Text 1

Now that reading skills are more developed, second graders will move on to comprehension of informational text. This guided lesson supports this through an exploration of the main idea of a text, as well as the other text features, such as: captions, phtoographs, maps headings, subheadings, glossary, index, icons and graphs. Kids will look at two texts that cover the same topic, but in different ways.

2nd grade

Reading & writing

Guided Lesson

Exercise

Determining Meaning Using Context Cues 3

Students will be able to read between the lines after studying this exercise on identifying contextual clues.

5th grade

Reading & writing

Exercise

Poetry, Prose, and Drama, Oh My!

Poetry, Prose, and Drama, Oh My!

Nourish your child's inner writer with this lesson on three different forms of literature: poetry, prose, and drama. After going through some examples of each, students will demonstrate their knowledge by filling out bubble maps.

4th grade

Reading & writing

Lesson plan

Dive Into Context Clues

Vocabulary Quiz: Context Clues

Dive Into Context Clues

Help your students flex their vocabulary muscles with this lesson on using context clues. By deciphering the meanings of different nonsense words, young readers will greatly improve their comprehension skills.

5th grade

Reading & writing

Lesson plan

Game

Vocabulary Quiz: Context Clues

Sentence clues can help us identify the meaning of new words. Kids use this strategy to identify synonyms in this quiz game.

2nd grade

Reading & writing

Game

Voracious Vocabulary

Voracious Vocabulary

Building a good vocabulary is an important step in becoming a great writer. Here are 17 awesome vocabulary and spelling lists that can help your child grow into a well-spoken scholar.

5th grade

Reading & writing

Workbook

Word Meaning 1

Using Context Clues to Understand Word Meanings

Word Meaning 1

This year, third graders will be taking their vocabulary to new heights and exploring such concepts as metaphor, simile, hyperbole, and personification. This guided lesson in vocabulary and figurative language offers clear and practical definitions of new words and expressions, along with plenty of practice opportunities. Understanding vocabulary and figurative language deepens reading comprehension skills and enriches the writing process.

3rd grade

Guided Lesson

Using Context Clues to Understand Word Meanings

This lesson will help your students use sentence level context clues to decode challenging words in a nonfiction text. Students will enjoy learning about maps and figuring out tricky words along the way!

2nd grade

Reading & writing

Lesson plan

Vocabulary Expanders

Stress-Free Spelling Practice

Vocabulary Expanders

These vocabulary worksheets will introduce kids to the wide world of words and get them excited about learning new skills through reading.

3rd grade

Reading & writing

Workbook

Close Reading Through Word Choice

Stress-Free Spelling Practice

This workbook is packed with challenging third grade spelling words that your child can practice writing and applying to his or her vocabulary.

3rd grade

Reading & writing

Workbook

Lost Parents: Context Cues

Close Reading Through Word Choice

Every great reader and writer knows that syntax matters. During this lesson, students will use the close reading strategy to focus on word choice, and use their understanding of syntax to develop theories about patterns in the text.

4th grade

Reading & writing

Lesson plan

Game

Lost Parents: Context Cues

Children figure out the meaning of new words using context clues to find the missing family.

3rd grade

Reading & writing

Game

Reading Nonfiction

Context Clues Worksheet: Word Mystery

Reading Nonfiction

Explore nonfiction with this set of short and sweet facts on notable people, places and events in history. Young readers can practice taking notes, answering questions and analyzing primary sources.

4th grade

Social studies

Workbook

Worksheet

Context Clues Worksheet: Word Mystery

Context clues worksheets help your child read between the lines. Try this context clues worksheet with your young reader to help him infer based on text.

3rd grade

Reading & writing

Worksheet

Spelling Champ

Spelling Champ

Challenge your fourth grader with these spelling worksheets that include grade-specific words and word problems involving new vocabulary.

4th grade

Reading & writing

Workbook

Vocabulary in Context

Vocabulary in Context

In this lesson, students will improve their skills in using context clues to determine the meaning of difficult words. Use it as a stand-alone lesson or as support to the lesson Journey on the Underground Railroad.

4th grade

Reading & writing

Lesson plan

Context Clue Detectives

Context Clue Detectives

Young detectives will have a blast as they find context clues and solve a mystery in this fun-filled lesson plan. By paying close attention to a story, students will figure out missing letters to decipher a hidden message.

1st grade

Reading & writing

Lesson plan

Fill in the Blanks Story

Worksheet

Fill in the Blanks Story

Create your own crazy story with this fill-in-the-blank story! Your budding writer will practice parts of speech as he fills in missing parts of the story.

3rd grade

Reading & writing

Worksheet

Landforms For Kids

Landforms For Kids

Learn the lay of the land with a comprehensive breakdown of Earth's landforms. From buttes to fjords, kids will learn all the terminology and science behind the amazing structures of our planet.

3rd grade

Social studies

Workbook

Word Meaning 2