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5th - 8th Grade Context Clues Resources : Page 2

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

Learn about amazing works of early cinema with this reading and writing workbook. Pick up fun movie trivia as you complete puzzles, watch your fave movies, make film-inspired crafts, and more.

Early Cinema: Magic and Moving Pictures

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

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

These fun dog-themed worksheets will help fifth graders practice their reading comprehension skills.

Dog Heroes of Alaska

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

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

Students will be able to read between the lines after studying this exercise on identifying contextual clues.

Determining Meaning Using Context Clues 3

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

Read & Find Root Words #3

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

I Can Use Context Clues!

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

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 #6

Your student can practice reading a unique style of dialogue with this worksheet on "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer."

Understanding Dialogue: Tom Sawyer

Flex your child's vocabulary skills with this worksheet, which has your child helping a mixed up restaurant reviewer rearrange words.

Vocabulary Practice Sheet

Build Vocabulary: Word Meaning and Spelling #2

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

Build Vocabulary: Word Meaning and Spelling #3

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

Build Vocabulary: Word Meaning and Spelling #11

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

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

Build Vocabulary: Word Meaning and Spelling #9

Build Vocabulary: Word Meaning and Spelling #15

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