Context Clues

​Context Clues

Context clues or sentence clues, help readers figure out the meaning of unknown words.

1. Look for phrases between commas

2. ​Look for definitions and descriptions

3. ​Look for synonyms

​To find sentence clues...

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Draw a box around clues that help tell what habitats are.

Multiple Choice

What does the word habitat mean?

• the weather

• the animals in the area

• a place where an animal lives

• an animal sound

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What are the clue words in this sentence?

Multiple Choice

What does the word doable mean in this sentence?

• can be done

• can't be done

• not sure

• very sure

Open Ended

What are the clue words in the sentence that help us figure out the meaning of adapted?

Multiple Choice

What does the word adapted mean?

• show how to fit into the environment

• did not make changes

• made changes to not fit in its environment

• made changes to fit into its environment

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What are the clue words that help us figure out the word tourist?

Multiple Choice

What does the word tourist mean in this paragraph?

• a driver

• a visitor

• a country

• a time

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What are the clue words that help us figure out what the word invest means?

Multiple Choice

What does the word invest mean?

• make sense

• take money out

• count money

• put money in

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What clues help you figure out what signals mean?

Open Ended

What does the word signals mean?