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Finding Word Meaning In Context - Word Detective Worksheet
PDF | 2 pages|Grades: 3 - 6A teaching resource to help teach your students how to find word meaning in context.
This comprehension teaching resource is aimed at teaching students how to find word meaning in context.
In this worksheet, students have to understand the meaning of a word in a sentence and then circle another word that could be used.
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Common Core Curriculum alignment
- CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.3.4.A
Use sentence-level context as a clue to the meaning of a word or phrase.
- CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.4.4.A
Use context (e.g., definitions, examples, or restatements in text) as a clue to the meaning of a word or phrase.
- CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.5.4.A
Use context (e.g., cause/effect relationships and comparisons in text) as a clue to the meaning of a word or phrase.
- CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.6.4.A
Use context (e.g., the overall meaning of a sentence or paragraph; a word's position or function in a sentence) as a clue to the meaning of a word or phrase.
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