New Word Meanings Worksheet
The New Word Meanings Worksheet gives 3rd Grade readers a non-fiction passage about lighthouses, four vocabulary-in-context questions, a written response, and an answer key, so unfamiliar words stop being roadblocks.
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Description
Context clues are the words around a new word that quietly tell a reader what it means. The New Word Meanings Worksheet gives students a short non-fiction passage about lighthouses and asks them to work out five new words from the sentences that hold them. Three of the words — beacon, lens, and harbor — are explained right where they appear, so students learn to notice a definition the writer has already given them. Two more, hazard and keeper, are never explained at all, and those are the real test: the reader has to gather the meaning from the sentences nearby.
This 3rd Grade Reading Comprehension Worksheet is printable and ready to use. Page one holds the passage and a full-colour gouache painting of a lighthouse on a rocky headland. Page two holds four multiple-choice questions and one written response, with room for students to write. Page three is the answer key, so grading takes a minute. Print one copy per student, read the passage together or independently, and then let students work through the questions on their own.
What’s Included
- A 229-word non-fiction passage written on a third-grade reading level
- Five target words, three defined in context and two that must be inferred
- Four multiple-choice questions in the form “What is the meaning of the word ___?”
- One written response that asks students to use two details from the text
- A complete answer key
Three Reasons This Helps Kids
- Students stop skipping unfamiliar words and start hunting for the clue beside them
- Two undefined words push readers past copying a definition into real inference
- Every distractor is a plausible guess, so the right answer has to come from the text
Ideas for Teachers and Parents
Use the New Word Meanings Worksheet to open a unit on context clues, or keep it as a model for any book the class reads next. Ask students to underline the words that gave the meaning away before they fill in a bubble, then compare underlines across the room. In a small group, cover the definition sentence and see whether the rest of the paragraph still carries the meaning. At home, pick one unfamiliar word from a bedtime story and have your child guess it from the sentence before checking a dictionary.
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