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1st Grade Context Clues Resources

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Worksheet1st GradeUsing Picture Clues Worksheet

This Using Picture Clues Worksheet gives first graders four illustrated sentences and asks them to figure out what each bold word means. An answer key is included, so it is ready for quick, no-prep reading practice.

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Worksheet1st GradeContext Clues Identifying Word Meaning Worksheet

This context clues identifying word meaning worksheet has 1st Grade readers use the words around an underlined word to choose or write its meaning. An answer key is included, so checking work takes seconds.

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Worksheet1st GradeUsing Pictures as Context Clues Worksheet

This Using Pictures as Context Clues Worksheet helps 1st Grade readers use an illustration and the words around a new word to find its meaning, with five questions and an answer key included.

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Worksheet1st GradeFind Meaning Worksheet

Find Meaning Worksheet gives 1st Grade readers six sentences with a tricky underlined word, then asks them to use the sentence clues to choose or write a word that means the same. Answer key included for quick, confident practice.

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Worksheet1st GradeUnderstanding Meaning The Venus Fly Trap Worksheet

The Understanding Meaning The Venus Fly Trap Worksheet gives 1st graders a short non-fiction passage and five context clue questions. An answer key is included, so students can check their thinking and point to the sentence that proves it.

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Worksheet1st GradeFind the Meaning of the Word Worksheet

The Find the Meaning of the Word Worksheet gives 1st graders a short non-fiction passage and five context clue questions. An answer key is included, so children can check their thinking and point to the sentence that proves it.

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Worksheet1st GradeThe Magic School Bus Lost in the Solar System Worksheet

Using The Magic School Bus Lost in the Solar System Worksheet, students read The Magic School Bus Lost in the Solar System to determine the meanings of these words and phrases.

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Worksheet1st GradeWords I Know Want to Know Worksheet

This Words I Know Want to Know Worksheet gives 1st grade readers a short sunflower passage and five questions on what each new word means. An answer key is included, so children can check their own thinking.

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Worksheet1st GradeUsing Illustrations to Understand a Story Worksheet

The Using Illustrations to Understand a Story Worksheet gives 1st graders a short story and a picture that fills in what the words leave out. Five questions and an answer key are included.

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Worksheet1st GradeRocking Word Meanings Worksheet

Using Rocking Word Meanings Worksheet, students read Let's Go Rock Collecting by Roma Gans to determine the meanings of these words and phrases.

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Activity1st GradeWhat Does This Word Mean Activity

Using What Does This Word Mean Activity, students read independently or with a partner to collect unknown words and phrases to build their vocabulary and reading comprehension.

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Activity1st GradeUnknown Words Activity

Using Unknown Words Activity, students ask and answer questions about unknown words in a text.

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Worksheet1st GradeIdentifying Unknown Words in a Text Worksheet

This Identifying Unknown Words in a Text Worksheet gives 1st Grade readers a soccer passage and five context clue questions, with an answer key included, so they learn to work out new words from the sentences around them.

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Worksheet1st GradeUsing Illustrations to Understand Worksheet

A Using Illustrations to Understand Worksheet that has 1st graders pull clues about weather, feelings, and events from a picture the words never mention. Answer key included for fast, no-prep reading practice.

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Activity1st GradeUnknown Words and Phrases Activity

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.

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Activity1st GradePictures and Words Context Clues Activity

Using Pictures and Words Context Clues Activity, students use pictures and text to find out the meaning of unknown words as they read.

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Worksheet1st GradeImages to Understand the Information Worksheet

Using Images to Understand the Information Worksheet, students explain how the illustrations contribute and clarify a text to build their understanding of what has been read.

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Activity1st GradeUsing New Words From Books Activity

This Using New Words From Books Activity helps studentsto use words and phrases acquired through conversations, reading and being read to, and responding to texts.

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Activity1st GradeCollecting Words For Writing Activity

This Collecting Words For Writing Activity helps studentsto use words and phrases acquired through conversations, reading and being read to, and responding to texts.

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Activity1st GradeThe Pumpkin Book Unknown Words Activity

Using The Pumpkin Book Unknown Words Activity, students use context clues to figure out unknown words in a text to build their reading comprehension.