Context Clues

Use the sentence to figure out unknown and multiple-meaning words.

Warm-up, learn, try it together, practice, then a quick check. About 15 minutes.

What children learn in Level 55

When you meet a word you don't know, be a detective! The other words around it are clues.
The soup was so scalding that it burned my tongue. What burns your tongue? Something very hot! So scalding means very hot.
Sometimes the clue is in the next sentence. Leo was famished. He ate three sandwiches! Famished means very hungry.
Some words have more than one meaning. A bat can be a flying animal or a stick for baseball. The sentence tells you which one.
Kai swung the bat and hit the ball. Which bat is it? The baseball bat!

Georgia's K-12 English Language Arts Standards:

2.L.V.3.a — Use context within and beyond a sentence to determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases.
2.P.EICC.3.g — Determine the meanings of unfamiliar words and concepts by applying knowledge of context and of academic vocabulary and word parts.