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Grade 5 Reading & Writing · World 3: Meaning Compass · Level 17
Context Clues: Cause and Effect
Use because, so, as a result to work out an unknown word.
Warm-up, learn, try it together, practice, then a quick check. About 15 minutes.
What children learn in Level 17
- Welcome to the Meaning Compass! When a word is new, the sentence can point the way. One clue is cause and effect.
- Because the soil was arid, the crops dried up and died. Crops die without water, so arid must mean very dry.
- Words like because, since, so, and as a result signal that one thing caused another.
- Ask: what happened, and why? The answer often explains the hard word.
Georgia's K-12 English Language Arts Standards:
- 5.L.V.3.a — Use context (e.g., cause/effect relationships and comparisons in text) to determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases. (I)
- 5.P.EICC.3.g — Determine the meanings of unfamiliar words and concepts by applying knowledge of context and of academic vocabulary and word parts. (I)