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Context Clues
By Brittany

I am currently teaching context clues, and today I did a lesson that my kids loved. I wrote a sentence on a sentence strip with an unfamilar word. I called on students to tell me the meaning of the word and come up to
the pocket chart and underline the clues. After we did that the students worked in their table groups. I gave each table a paragraph with an unfamilar word bolded and underlined. The paragraphs were laminated and the students got to use the markers on the paper. The students were again to tell me the meaning of the word and underline the clues. I have five table groups, therefore there

were five different paragraphs. I know this may sound very simple, but all of the kids were very excited and asked if we were going to do more things like this in reading.
I am also going to play a game called Dunk It with the students. I have written paragraphs with one unfamilar word bolded and underlined on a game card. I did this in EXCEL. The students will be divided into two teams. One student will read the paragraph and tell the students what the unfamilar word means and the clues. If they get it right they get to throw a small ball into the trash can. The teams get points for correct answers and baskets.
I hope this helps.