Unknown Words and Phrases Activity

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How to teach Context Clues

Using Unknown Words and Phrases Activity, students read independently or with a partner to collect unknown words and phrases to build their vocabulary and reading comprehension.

While reading an informational text, your students will encounter many words that they don’t know. This activity guides them through the steps to take when figuring out definitions of unknown words.

While reading the book, complete the graphic organizer by finding known words, unknown words, known phrases, and unknown phrases.

Other resources to use with this Unknown Words and Phrases Activity

If you are using this activity, your students are probably learning about Context Clues.

Use this Context Clues Worksheet as an additional resource for your students.

Introduce this activity by listening to the Have Fun Teaching Context Clues Song. Next, write some made up words on the board in a sentence like “George ate a frigs and french fries.” Students try to figure out what the unknown word means. Then, students complete the activity independently or with a partner. Finally, students read and look for new words that they didn’t know before.

Be sure to check out more Context Clues Resources.

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