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In this worksheet, learners will practice using context clues to find the meaning of eight compound words.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Using Sentence Level Context to Decode Text.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Using Sentence Level Context to Decode Text.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Using a Dictionary to Clarify the Meaning of Unknown Words.

Use this activity to help students find and decipher metaphors in the context of short passages. Students will read the passages, record what is being compared in each, and then seek to explain the metaphors' meanings in their own words.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Using a Dictionary to Clarify the Meaning of Unknown Words.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Multiple-Meaning Words.

Practice ranking words by intensity in this shades of meaning worksheet!

Your students will use context clues and a word bank to reinforce their understanding of the vocabulary found in the Pledge of Allegiance.

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

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.

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

Working on figurative language skills? Assess student understanding of simple hyperboles with this writing exercise. Your kids will be hyperbole hotshots when they've finished this worksheet!

Using context clues that your child reads in each sentence, fill in the blank and finish words using "oil" or "all."

Use this activity to reinforce using sentence level context clues to decode challenging words in a nonfiction text!

Understand nature's visual cues for the shifting of the seasons with this tree seasons match-up activity!

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.

Kids will practice listening and speaking skills in this interactive vocabulary activity. Students will pair up and take turns responding to questions about difficult words they've encountered and what they learned by using context clues and a dictionary.

Train your second grader's grammar eye by helping him practice identifying adverbs in context.

Practice identifying pronouns in sentence-context with this inviting grammar worksheet!

Do your students need some extra practice with irregular plural forms? You've come to the right place! This practice worksheet will have your students using context to fill in the plural form of these irregular nouns.

Help your students review root words so they can analyze unfamiliar words and figure out the meaning without using a dictionary. In this worksheet, students will identify the root of each word containing suffixes and prefixes.

Have your students mastered irregular plural nouns? Give your kids some extra practice with this worksheet that has them identifying and using irregular plural nouns as context clues. This works great as either a challenging activity or as an assessment.

Helps students become more comfortable using adjectives in their own writing with this creative grammar worksheet!

This worksheet guides second graders in previewing a text using the title, table of contents, and graphics.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Using the 5 W's.

Children use context to fill in the plural forms of a few extra challenging regular and irregular nouns in this practice worksheet.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Using the 5 W's.

Succeed in subtraction using the compensation strategy!

Encourage students to reflect on the context before solving story problems. Use these reflective questions during whole group, small group, or independent instruction.