Context Clues

What are context clues?

• Clues that help you solve a mystery

• Clues that help you figure out what an unknown word means

• Clues that help you figure out what the weather will be

• Clues that help you learn a lesson

Use context clues to figure out what the word nostalgia means.

"I was overcome with nostalgia when I drove past the house I grew up in. Driving past the house I grew up in brought back happy memories when I was a child. I miss being a kid."

What does nostalgia mean?

• a feeling that you wish you could return to the past

• grief or sadness

• a feeling that you wish you could go to the future

• anger

Use context clues to figure out what the word relevant means.

"My teacher told me to re-do my history project on Rosa Parks. Instead of researching Rosa Parks, I wrote about Kendrick Lamar. My teacher said my information on Kendrick Lamar was not relevant to the Rosa Parks project. 'In order for the information to be relevant, you need to mention Rosa Parks.' "

What does relevant mean?

• something that is off-topic and not connected

• something random

• something that is on-topic and connected

• something critical

What are the context clues that tell you definition of the word summer :

"I love summer because it is the warmest season of the year. I love to spend time outside hiking, swimming, and kayaking. Also, we don't have to go to school in the summer!"

• "I love to spend time outside"

• "hiking, swimming, and kayaking"

• "we don't have to go to school"

• "the warmest season of the year"

What are the context clues that tell you definition of the word evaluate :

"Today my boss will evaluate me for my job. My boss will judge me and give me score based on how hard I work, if I come to work on time, and how polite I am to customers."

• "My boss will judge me and give me a score"

• "how hard I work"

• "if I come to work on time"

• "how polite I am"

What are the context clues that tell you the definition of the word reliable ?

"He is a reliable student. He never misses a day of school, always shows up to class and participates, and completes his homework. I know he will be successful in the future. I wish I had more reliable students in my class. "

• "Never misses a day of school, always shows up to class and participates, and completes his homework"

• "I wish I had more students in my class"

• "He is a student"

• "I know he will be successful in the future"

If you can't use context clues to figure out the definition/meaning of a word, what is another strategy you can use to determine the meaning of the unknown word?

• do nothing

• look up the definition of the word on social media

• look up the definition of the word on your phone or computer

• cry about it

Context clues are _____ that the author gives us to figure out the meaning/definition of an unknown word.

• facts

• hints

• opinions

• evidence

What is Ms. Back's substitute's name?

• Miss Copper

• Miss Larkin

• Miss Collins

• Miss Contant