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1st - 5th Grade Context Clues Resources : Page 2

Beat boredom with this ensemble of printables! Kids will be occupied for hours with bingo, fill-in-the-blanks and different license plate games. Beware: they may result in spelling and math practice.

Road Trip Games

With this organizer, students will be able to find unfamiliar vocabulary as they read and use context clues to determine meaning.

Keeping Up with Context Clues

Expose your students to new vocabulary and root words with this rockin’ exercise!

Rockin' Root Words

Assess kids' ability to define new words using context clues.

How Do You Use Context Clues?

Use this resource to assess your students&rsquo; mastery of determining word meanings by utilizing context clues and an understanding of homophones and homographs.

Context Clues Learning Check

Children are introduced to two beautiful examples of the power of words in this “I Have a Dream" Speech and "My Country ‘Tis of Thee" Song worksheet.

“I Have a Dream" Speech and "My Country ‘Tis of Thee" Song

Embark on an adventure through the woods with the Mole, in this excerpt from Kenneth Grahame's charming book, The Wind in the Willows.

Reading: The Wind in the Willows

Help your child monitor their progress as readers with this reading goals worksheet. The act of reflecting and goal setting will set students up for reading success!

My Reading Goals

Inspire your reluctant reader with this comprehension page, featuring a passage from a classic novel, Black Beauty.

Reading Comprehension: Black Beauty

Beginning readers, enjoy this passage from Twain's classic "The Prince and the Pauper" and then complete some vocabulary and comprehension questions.

Reading Comprehension: The Prince and the Pauper

Young readers will enjoy this passage from Jack London's "All Gold Canyon." They'll complete some vocabulary and reading comprehension exercises too.

Reading Comprehension: All Gold Canyon

40% of all known fish species call ponds, lakes, rivers, and other fresh water habitats home. Learn about freshwater fish in this worksheet.

Freshwater Fish

Children will practice writing career words like &quot;thespian,&quot; &quot;architect,&quot; and &quot;physician&quot; in this spelling practice worksheet.

Spelling List: Careers

"Casey at the Bat" is a poem written by Ernest Thayer in 1888. Children will read this poem all the way through, then go back and answer the questions for each stanza.

Casey at the Bat Poem

Children build their vocabulary in this word meaning and spelling worksheet by learning 10 new vocabulary words, along with their definitions, then writing them on the spaces provided.

Build Vocabulary: Word Meaning and Spelling #1

Children will practice writing and spelling money-related words in this spelling worksheet.

3rd Grade Spelling Test: Money

What is the rocky cycle? This info sheet answers that question with the help of a colorful diagram and a shout out to important vocabulary.

What is the Rock Cycle?

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.

Word Meaning 1

Help your third grader with reading comprehension in this fun activity page on Rudyard Kipling's charming story, "The Elephant's Child."

The Elephant's Child

Assess your students’ ability to use context clues to determine the meaning of vocabulary at the fifth grade level.

How Do You Use Context Clues? Exercise #3

Use this worksheet to help your students understand patriotic songs, like an older national anthem.

Examine the Song “My Country ‘Tis of Thee”

Assess your students’ ability to use context clues to determine the meaning of fifth grade level vocabulary.

How Do You Use Context Clues? Exercise #2

Use this resource with your students to practice identifying relationships between words. As your students complete the analogies, they will notice synonym relationships.

Working with Analogies 2

Words are the wondrous building blocks in language. This unit increases students’ word knowledge by introducing more challenging vocabulary and exploring how words are related. Learners will also discover some of the ways words are constructed using derivational root words, prefixes, suffixes, and compound words. Students will get to explore and create fun literary devices such as similes, idioms and metaphors.

Word Meaning 2

In this worksheet, children read Danish storyteller Hans Christian Andersen's fairytale The Snowdrop, reimagined here as a drama.

A Retelling of Han Christian Andersen's The Snowdrop

Liberty is precious to humans and to horses. Your young student can read about Beauty's longing for liberty in this worksheet for "Black Beauty."

Black Beauty Reading Comprehension

Get an interesting lesson in science along with valuable reading practice with this Gregor Mendel biography worksheet.

Who Is Gregor Mendel?

Early readers can use picture clues to help figure out new or unknown words. In this reading fluency worksheet, students learn how examining pictures for context clues can help them decode text.

Word Meaning: Picture Clues

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.

Nonfiction Comprehension: Context Clues & Text Features

There are many ways to figure out the meanings of unknown words. Through this worksheet, students record unknown words and find out their meaning using a variety of strategies.

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