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Learn more about the small differences in meaning between similar words with this engaging worksheet!

Shades of Meaning: Matching

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

Shades of Meaning: Word Ladders

Kids use context to figure out the meaning of words.

Using Context: Multiple Meaning Words

This multiple meaning words worksheet uses context clues to help kids make sense of homonyms, or words with multiple meanings.

Multiple Meaning Words Worksheet

Your students will practice using sentence clues to identify the meaning of homographs.

Multiple Meaning Words: Multiple Choice

Explore shades of meaning in related words with this third-grade grammar worksheet!

Shades of Meaning: Which Word?

Take your shades of meaning skills from <em>good</em> to <em>great</em> with this informative worksheet!

Shades of Meaning: Word Strength

The use of pronouns can make simple sentences more fluid and natural, but incorrect usage can change the meaning all together. Avoid this complication by having your student complete these exercises to solidify concepts.

Pronouns to Clarify Meaning

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

Compound Words: Match, Meaning, and Draw

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

Draw the Shades of Meaning With Pictures #1

Draw the Shades of Meaning With Pictures #2

With this resource, your students will use the meaning of suffixes to determine the meaning of new words.

It’s Grammar Time: Suffixes

Use this resource with your students to practice using context clues to determine the meaning of idioms.

Figurative Language: Idioms

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

Double Meaning Words

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

Context Clues: Word Sleuth

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

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

Context Clues: Finding Word Meanings

When children encounter new words, they don't need to make a beeline for the dictionary. Train them to use context clues to determine the meaning of an unknown word.

Context Clue Matching

Students will have better reading comprehension skills after completing this exercise that shows them how to pick out contextual clues.


Determining Meaning Using Context Clues 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.

Word Meaning 1

Multiple Meaning Words: Matching

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

Search for the Suffixes

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

Vocabulary Practice: Armando’s Goal

Children draw the literal meaning of a few idiomatic expressions as they consider their true social meaning.

Show Your Idioms

Use this resource to assess your students’ mastery of using context clues to determine word meanings.

Context Clues Check-Up

Students will define eight pairs of homographs, then select two additional homograph pairs of and use them in a sentence.

Double Meaning: Practicing Homographs

This mid-year assessment will assess your students&rsquo; ability to determine word meanings from context clues.

Context Clues Check-In

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

Vocabulary Practice:  A Whale of a Problem

This exercise will get your students inferring the meaning of unknown metaphors.

Making Sense of Figurative Language 3

Find some words from My Vacation (Part Three) that have more than one meaning. Look at the way the word is used to figure out what it means.

Learn Vocabulary Words with Multiple Meanings

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