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3rd - 8th Grade Common Core Context Clues Worksheets : Page 2

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.

Be a Word Detective

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

Rockin' Root Words

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

Examine the Song “My Country ‘Tis of Thee”

Read and analyze a classic example of historical fiction with this adapted excerpt from Mark Twain&rsquo;s <em>The Prince and the Pauper</em>!

Extended Reading Comprehension: Excerpt Adapted From The Prince and the Pauper

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

Dive into the sea life of Monterey, California, with this third-grade reading comprehension worksheet!

Monterey: A City of the Sea

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

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

Reading Comprehension: Black Beauty

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

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?

Get in the spooky spirit of Halloween with our vocab-packed copy of Edgar Allan Poe's "The Raven."

The Raven

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

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

How Do You Use Context Clues?

Use this resource with your students to practice making connections between words. As your students complete the analogies, they will identify the relationships between words and their meanings.

Working with Analogies

Students hone reading comprehension and analysis skills with this adapted excerpt from the first chapter of <em>The King of Elfland&rsquo;s Daughter </em>by Lord Dunsany.

Extended Reading Comprehension: Excerpt Adapted From 'The King of Elfland’s Daughter'

Help your children increase their cat vocabulary and practice their spelling with this printable worksheet.

Cat Vocabulary

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

Practice determining the meaning of unknown words in context with Read and Find Root Words #2!

Read & Find Root Words #2

Children expand their vocabulary with this hands-on fill-in-the-blank activity.

Fill in the Blank with Vivid Vocabulary

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

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

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

This graphic organizer provides an opportunity to keep track of key vocabulary words they encounter within an informational text.

Taking Notes With Informational Texts: Key Vocabulary

Context clues help readers discern the meaning of new vocabulary terms in their reading. Use this worksheet to help your students organize unfamiliar words and transfer their context clues and definitions to a table.

Context Clues Table

"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

Use this short story to help your students practice identifying the root words &quot;son&quot; and &quot;sect&quot; in context.

Read & Find Root Words #1

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

Practice determining the meaning of unknown words in context with&nbsp;Read and Find Root Words #3!

Read & Find Root Words #3

Learn all about Galileo! Whether your kid is an aspiring scientist or just needs some reading practice, this Galileo biography worksheet hits the mark!

All About Galileo

In this worksheet, students will use context clues to help make sense of unfamiliar words.

I Can Use Context Clues!

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