Determining Meaning Using Context Cues

Be a text detective with context clues. Not sure what a word means? Look at the words around it, and think about the story so far, for hints. Context clues help new readers build their vocabulary and develop new comprehension skills, too. If your student is learning how to use context clues, we’ve got everything you need to teach them, with worksheets, activities, games, and lots more.

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Context Clues Worksheet: Word Mystery

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

Vocabulary Quiz: Context Clues

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

Context Clues: Finding Word Meanings

Worksheet

Context Clues: Finding Word Meanings

Use this resource to assess your students’ ability to determine word meanings from context clues.

3rd grade

Reading & writing

Worksheet

Vocabulary 1

Guided Lesson

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

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

Fill in the Blanks Story: Camping

Worksheet

Fill in the Blanks Story: Camping

Go on a crazy camping adventure with this fill-in-the-blanks story! Your student can practice his parts of speech as he fills in the missing words.

3rd grade

Reading & writing

Worksheet

Reading Comprehension: The Secret Garden

Worksheet

Reading Comprehension: The Secret Garden

Your little reader is sure to enjoy this selection from the children's classic, "The Secret Garden." She'll build her vocabulary and reading skills.

5th grade

Reading & writing

Worksheet

Using Context Clues

Worksheet

Using Context Clues

Instead of looking a word up in the dictionary, practice using context clues to find the meaning of unknown words.

5th grade

Reading & writing

Worksheet

Context Clues: Word Sleuth

Worksheet

Context Clues: Word Sleuth

This third grade reading worksheet offers practice using context clues to determine the meaning of an unfamiliar word in a sentence.

3rd grade

Reading & writing

Worksheet

Get Ready for Third Grade

Workbook

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

Homophones: Hold the Homophone!

Lesson plan

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

Fill in the Blanks Story: Cooking

Worksheet

Fill in the Blanks Story: Cooking

Let's cook up a funny story! This fun fill-in-the-blank is sure to please any beginning writer. He'll practice parts of speech as he goes.

3rd grade

Reading & writing

Worksheet

Poetry, Prose, and Drama, Oh My!

Lesson plan

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

Lesson plan

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

Reading Skills: Sentences to Stories

Workbook

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

Guided Lesson

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

Determining Meaning Using Context Cues 3

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

Reading Comprehension: Peter Pan

Worksheet

Reading Comprehension: Peter Pan

Familiarize your child with Peter Pan, one of the most enduring character of children's literature, with this reading comprehension worksheet.

4th grade

Reading & writing

Worksheet

Close Reading Through Word Choice

Lesson plan

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

Voracious Vocabulary

Workbook

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

Guided Lesson

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

Lesson plan

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