ALEX Classroom Resource

  

Context Clues

  Classroom Resource Information  

Title:

Context Clues

URL:

https://www.roomrecess.com/Lessons/ContextClues/Video.html

Content Source:

Other
Room Recess
Type: Audio/Video

Overview:

This classroom resource provides a teaching video on context clues and offers other skills that kids can work on such as drawing conclusions, facts and opinions, and syllables. This classroom resource also includes a quiz, worksheet, and interactive game to check for understanding.

 
Content Standard(s):
English Language Arts
ELA2021 (2021)
Grade: 4
R2. Use context clues to determine meanings of unfamiliar spoken or written words.
Unpacked Content
Teacher Vocabulary:
R2.
  • Context clues
  • Determine
  • Unfamiliar spoken words
  • Unfamiliar written words
Knowledge:
R2. Students know:
  • Context clues in speech or text can provide the meaning of unfamiliar words.
  • There are different types of context clues, including: inference/general clues, definition/explanation clues, restatement/synonym clues, and contrast/antonym clues.
  • Context clues in text are often indicated by punctuation marks.
Skills:
R2. Students are able to:
  • Use context clues to determine the meanings of unfamiliar words in speech.
  • Use context clues to determine the meanings of unfamiliar words in text.
Understanding:
R2. Students understand that:
  • An author or a speaker use context clues to explain the meaning of unusual words or academic, domain-specific vocabulary.
English Language Arts
ELA2021 (2021)
Grade: 5
R2. Use context clues to determine meanings of unfamiliar spoken or written words.
Unpacked Content
Teacher Vocabulary:
R2.
  • Context clues
  • Determine
  • Unfamiliar spoken words
  • Unfamiliar written words
Knowledge:
R2. Students know:
  • Context clues in speech or text can provide the meaning of unfamiliar words.
  • There are different types of context clues, including: inference/general clues, definition/explanation clues, restatement/synonym clues, and contrast/antonym clues.
  • Context clues in text are often indicated by punctuation marks.
Skills:
R2. Students are able to:
  • Use context clues to determine the meanings of unfamiliar words in speech.
  • Use context clues to determine the meanings of unfamiliar words in text.
Understanding:
R2. Students understand that:
  • An author or a speaker use context clues to explain the meaning of unusual words or academic, domain-specific vocabulary.
Tags: context clues, drawing conclusions, facts and opinions, syllables
License Type: Public Domain
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Comments

RoomRecess.com is dedicated to providing children with free learning games that are fun. Online games reinforce important skills that are vital to elementary students and their educational process. RoomRecess.com was developed entirely by an elementary school teacher with the goal of reinforcing fundamental learning concepts in math, reading, spelling, language arts, typing, and problem-solving. Because RoomRecess.com learning games are free, students do not have to sign up or hold an account. Children can simply load up an activity and have fun learning online while they play.

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Author: YVETTE AKRIDGE
Alabama State Department of Education