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Are you careful, caring, or careless? A suffix is a word part that changes the meaning of a word. Use this lesson with your students to teach them how to determine word meaning based on their understanding of the meaning of common suffixes.

Word Meaning with Common Suffixes

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

Compound Word Meaning

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

Shades of Meaning: Matching

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

Glossary: Multiple-Meaning Words

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

Happy, thrilled, delighted! In this shades of meaning game, kids identify common synonyms that are grouped together.

Texting: Shades of Meaning

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

This lesson will help students understand multiple-meaning words through the use of artistic and theatrical representation! Use as a stand-alone activity or a support lesson for Let's Compare and Contrast Nonfiction Texts!

Multiple-Meaning Words

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

Why walk when you can mosey? In this lesson, students will learn how to use synonyms to express shades of meaning in their writing. Introduce the topic with a book, then brainstorm descriptive options for overused words.

Synonyms: Using Shades of Meaning

Use this graphic organizer to support your students as they determine the meaning of word problems.

Word Problem Comprehension Chart

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

Figurative Language: Idioms

Help your students' understand the English language with this lesson that teaches them that there are word "twins" that look and sound the same but have different meanings.

Multiple Meaning Motivation

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

Glossary: Using a Dictionary to Clarify the Meaning of Unknown Words

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

Double Meaning Words

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

Vocabulary Cards: Using a Dictionary to Clarify the Meaning of Unknown 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

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!

Hyperbole Meaning

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.


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