Transcript 3rd Grade RW 1.6 - RUSD

Are you ready
to be a
DETECTIVE?
What will be learning
today?
• Standard RW 1.6 – Use sentence and word
context to find the meaning of unknown words
Objective:
Use the context clues to find the meaning
of an unknown word.
What are context clues?
CONTEXT CLUES
Information a reader can get
from a passage that helps him or
her figure out the meaning of a
word or group of words.
How can we figure out what a
word means?
Look at how a new
word is used.
Look at the key words or
other words in the sentence.
Look at the sentences before
and after the new words.
Read the sentence without the word and
try to think what would make sense.
Example #1
I was thrilled because I had
never won a trophy before.
Look at how a new word is used.
Look at the key words or other words in the
sentence.
Look at the sentences before and after the
new words.
Read the sentence without the word and try
to think what would make sense.
Example #2
Jennifer put on a heavy coat, a scarf,
two pairs of socks and a pair of gloves to
protect herself from the frigid
weather.
Look at how a new word is used.
Look at the key words or other words in the
sentence.
Look at the sentences before and after the
new words.
Read the sentence without the word and try
to think what would make sense.
Example #3
Emily and her family were taking a train
trip. She was looking out the window at
the trees. At first the train was sluggish.
Then, the slow-moving wheels began to
turn faster.
Look at how a new word is used.
Look at the key words or other words in the
sentence.
Look at the sentences before and after the
new words.
Read the sentence without the word and try
to think what would make sense.
Mrs. Johnson could hear the loud music coming from
her son’s room. The walls vibrated with the beat of
the music. She yelled at her son to turn the music
down. Soon, the walls stopped shaking.
Look at how a new word is used.
Look at the key words or other words in the
sentence.
Look at the sentences before and after the new
words.
Read the sentence without the word and try to think
what would make sense.
I think the word _______________means__________
because_____________________________.
Annabelle paints pictures using vivid colors, or colors that
you can see very well. She thinks these kinds of colors
make her pictures look cheerful and happy.
Look at how a new word is used.
Look at the key words or other words in the
sentence.
Look at the sentences before and after the new
words.
Read the sentence without the word and try to think
what would make sense.
I think the word _______________means__________
because_____________________________.
Julia and her dad walked through the grocery store. Julia saw a doll.
She wanted her dad to buy it for her, but he would not. He said
that they only had enough money for things that they need, like
food. A doll was not a necessity.
Look at how a new word is used.
Look at the key words or other words in the
sentence.
Look at the sentences before and after the new
words.
Read the sentence without the word and try to think
what would make sense.
I think the word _______________means__________
because_____________________________.
Campbell finished her second piece of cake. She
reached for another piece, but her mother stopped
her. She said that Campbell had eaten sufficient
pieces of cake for one day.
Look at how a new word is used.
Look at the key words or other words in the
sentence.
Look at the sentences before and after the new
words.
Read the sentence without the word and try to think
what would make sense.
I think the word _______________means__________
because_____________________________.
Look at how a new
word is used.
Look at the key words or
other words in the sentence.
Look at the sentences before
and after the new words.
Read the sentence without the word and
try to think what would make sense.
Did we meet our objective?
Objective:
Use the context clues to find the
meaning of an unknown word.