New Words Phrases Worksheet
The New Words Phrases Worksheet has 3rd Grade readers use context clues in a maple syrup passage to learn new words and phrases, with bubble questions, a written response, and an answer key.
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Description
Readers meet new words and phrases in almost every book they open, and the best readers know how to work out what they mean without stopping to look them up. The New Words Phrases Worksheet teaches third graders to use context clues, the words and sentences around an unfamiliar word or phrase, to figure out its meaning right in the text.
Students read a short non-fiction passage about how maple syrup is made, from tapping a maple tree in late winter to cooking the sap in a sugarhouse. Then they answer questions about the meaning of words such as sap, spout and sugarhouse, plus phrases such as boil it down and worth the wait. Some meanings are stated right in the sentence, and others have to be pieced together from the sentences nearby. This 3rd Grade Context Clues Worksheet works well for whole-class practice, small groups, centers or homework.
What’s Included
- A 238-word non-fiction passage about how maple syrup is made, with a full-color illustration
- Four multiple-choice questions on the meaning of new words and phrases
- One written response asking students to explain a phrase with two details from the text
- A complete answer key
Why This Worksheet Helps Kids
- Every question points readers back to the passage, so they learn to hunt for the clue instead of guessing
- Mixing single words with whole phrases shows that a group of words can carry one meaning
- The written response moves students from spotting a clue to explaining their thinking
Ideas for Teachers and Parents
Use the New Words Phrases Worksheet as a model before students keep their own list of new words and phrases from their reading. Have them underline the words that gave away each meaning, then compare with a partner. Afterward, ask students to find one new phrase in a library book and write what they think it means. At home, pause during a read-aloud when a new phrase appears and let your child guess its meaning from the sentences around it before you explain it.
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