Context Clues

D: What are context clues?

• Context clues are bits of information in a text that help you understand an unfamiliar word.

P: How do I use context clues?

[Glue in handout here]

C: When/why do I use context clues?

• I use context clues during reading.
• I use context clues to help me quickly make sense of a new word.

[Make the following T-Chart.]

[Using a mentor text with words you've chosen beforehand, have students use context clues to puzzle out some unfamiliar words. Model a few times and use gradual release model.]

[5.2.B use context (e.g., in-sentence restatement) to determine or clarify the meaning of unfamiliar or multiple meaning words;]