Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: I Can Use Context Clues!

Pictures are a great tool to use when reading. By completing this worksheet, students develop reading comprehension skills as they analyze what comes next in a story using context cues and picture clues.

Alliteration is a type of figurative language that is often used to engage a reader’s senses. Use this resource with your students to practice identifying examples of alliteration in context.

Children will draw from a word bank to form five new compound words, then write and illustrate their meaning.

This grammar worksheet combines vocabulary practice and creativity as students illustrate words to highlight their shades of meaning.

This grammar worksheet combines vocabulary practice and creativity as students illustrate words to highlight their shades of meaning.

Use this reading comprehension exercise with your students to practice determining word meaning.

Step your grammar game up a notch! With this resource, your students will use context to decide whether to use the singular or plural form of a noun in a sentence.

Use this reading comprehension passage with your students to practice determining the meaning of unfamiliar words.

Give your young readers some practice using context clues and dictionaries to expand their vocabulary with this reading activity. As students read, they will consider the meaning of tricky words, then write down their definitions using a dictionary.

In this fun worksheet, children learn the meanings of nine homographs, then combine them to write their own creative sentences.

Get ready for some active reading! As your students read through this passage, they will underline key words and reinforce their understanding of words in context.

In this two-page worksheet, learners will use context clues to decipher the meaning of idioms used on literal and non-literal contexts.

Use this worksheet to give children a challenge as they use context clues and their detective skills to figure out the meaning of unfamiliar words.

Help your students practice using root words, prefixes, and suffixes to change words and to determine the meaning of unfamiliar words.

Use this resource to practice identifying words with suffixes and determining the meaning of the word.

Put all your Easter eggs in this worksheet! Help your students use the context of a sentence to discover the meaning of these Easter idioms.

Test your knowledge of antonyms with this vocabulary worksheet!

Learn coordinating conjunctions and use them in context with this inviting worksheet!

Use this resource with your students to practice one of the core reading strategies: determining importance. Support your young learners as they read, judge, justify, and defend their understanding of a text.

Use this worksheet to practice determining the meaning of the new word formed when a prefix is added to a base word.

Hook your students with this vocabulary builder that encourages them to draw emojis as they explore synonyms and strengthen their emotional intelligence.

Collect examples of personification as you read with this helpful worksheet!

This exercise will give your students practice identifying synonyms and using them in context.