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Table of Contents
Context Clues (B and K)..................................................4
Grammar Clues (B) .....................................................8
Main Idea (1.e)............................................................ 12
Details (1.e) ................................................................. 16
Information (1.b).........................................................20
Directions (1.c)............................................................24
Graphic Organizers (2.m)...........................................28
Important Events (3.a.2). ............................................32
Fact and Opinion (3.a.4)..............................................36
Predictions (2.h) .........................................................40
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Conclusions (2.h). ......................................................44
Summarizing (2.n, 2.k) . ................................................48
Genres (2.a, 2.d) ............................................................52
Setting (2.e, 3.b).............................................................56
Plot (2.e, 3.b)..................................................................60
Acknowledgments...................................................64
1.b
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At the beginning of each lesson, you will see a box with a shape of
New York and an English Language Arts Core Curriculum Code in it.
This code tells you what is being covered in the lesson.
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and K
1.3.5.E
Context Clues
Nobody knows every word. Everybody needs
help sometimes. Where do you get this help?
Sometimes you can use the words you know.
Those words give you clues about new words.
What’s a context clue? Context just means
“words around the new word.” When you use
context clues, you use the words around the
new word to figure out meaning.
Let’s look at an example.
My pet snail was
very happy. In fact,
she was always
thrilled!
What does thrilled
mean? That might be
a new word for you.
But you can still find
out what thrilled means. You do this by
reading both sentences together.
WORD BANK
context
clues
A
build a bridge
What do you think
the word timid
means? Read these
sentences. They have
a clue.
James is a timid boy.
He’s very shy.
The clue here is the
word shy. If James
is shy and also timid,
then timid most likely
means the same as
shy.
Let’s try it.
What is the snail? She is very happy. If the
snail is very happy, she is not sad. She is not
angry or uncaring, either. By reading carefully,
you can see that thrilled means “very happy.”
The first sentence helps you understand the
second sentence. A
Can you guess what
the word coarse
means?
The towel I took
to Jones Beach in
Carlton, NY, was
coarse. It made my
skin itchy.
Coarse means
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Guided Practice
Let’s read a story. Be on the lookout for new words.
Aunt Jane’s Farm
My aunt Jane has a farm. On this farm
she raises ducks, cows, and llamas. We like
to look at the animals. We also like to play in
the barn. The barn is gigantic. It is almost as
big as a school! My brother and I love to pick
raspberries. We like them with fresh
cream. B
B
build a bridge
Were any words new
to you? Read the story
again to see. Circle
any words that are
new to you.
Now, let’s make a
chart to help us find
the meanings of some
words in the story.
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In the first column,
look at the new words.
In the second column,
write down words in
the story that might
help you understand
the new word. These
words are clues.
New Word
Llama
Word Clues
Best Guess
ducks, cows,
animals
a type of
animal
In the third column,
make your best guess
about what the word
means.
Gigantic
Raspberries
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Let’s check our understanding by answering some questions. Circle the
correct answer in each sentence. The first one has been done for you.
1 A llama is a type of
A animal
s
B game
C fruit
2 A barn that is gigantic is
A small
B red
C large
3 What should you do with raspberries?
A throw them
B eat them
There is one way to really make sure you’ve learned a new word. That
way is to use the new word in your own sentence. Let’s try it.
Write a sentence using these words from the story.
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Practice
Let’s practice with more new words.
What does the underlined word mean in each sentence? Write your best
guess on the line. It’s okay if you don’t know the exact meaning.
7 The color of Fay’s face was as scarlet as an apple.
8 I don’t like baseball, but I love lacrosse.
9 The mantis crawled along the leaf.
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Each summer, some
kids in Buffalo, New
York, go to lacrosse
camp. At the camp,
children learn how to
play lacrosse. They
also play in balloon
tosses and other fun
games. Each camper
even gets his or her
own lacrosse ball.
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