These ready-to-use context clues activities make teaching 3rd grade grammar easy! And, all of the lessons are planned for you! This no-prep resource gives you a full week of skill-building grammar activities that provide your students with short daily practice in several formats to master L.3.4A, determining the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases. Students also identify the 5 types of context clues and which type is used to determine the meaning of an unknown word in a given sentence.
Short on time to teach grammar? This simple 5-day routine with detailed lesson plans allows you to teach, practice, or assess your students in 15 minutes or less each day. The daily routine includes engaging whole group practice and fun partner activities. The easy-to-grade context clues worksheets are ideal for practice, reinforcement, morning work, or homework.
An included creative reading passage allows students to determine the meaning of unknown words and identify the type of context clue used to do so. On Friday, students are assessed with a short, easy-to-grade quiz.
Weekly grammar routine
Monday: A mini lesson on PowerPoint with interactive practice slides
Tuesday: Practice worksheet
Wednesday: Task cards center activity
Thursday: Reading passage and writing activity
Friday: Assessment & Grammar glossary
Choose how you use it! These ready-to-use context clues activities can easily be used for review and extra practice, to reinforce skills previously taught, interventions, and even test prep. And they’re perfect to leave for a sub!
Context Clues Activities Included:
A 5-day lesson plan provides you with daily pacing and detailed instructions for each day of the week. Answer keys are also included.
A teaching PowerPoint with engaging lesson slides that introduce the skill and the grammar rule, give examples and provide interactive slides for whole group practice.
Context clues practice worksheets provide reinforcement, independent practice, morning work, or homework.
A reading passage Students read a high-engagement “Grammar Gazette” news article written by kid reporters for fun reading practice and to use the 5 types of context clues to determine the meaning of unknown words in context. Three different formats are included for easy differentiation.
A writing activity for students to write a news article using a word bank to help them write their story.
Task cards and recording sheet for a no-prep grammar center and early finisher activity.
Assessment Monitor progress with an easy-to-grade assessment
A grammar glossary notebook page gives students a handy reference to add to their writing notebooks.
A full-page poster gives students a reference and is a great addition to your grammar wall
All the context clues activities in this unit are intentionally designed to be simple, with easy-to-understand activities for students and easy-to-grade papers for the teacher. All the materials require very little prep or no prep at all. You’ll only need to make copies and cut out a few straight lines on the task cards to be ready to go! Teaching grammar has never been easier!
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Happy teaching!
Linda Kamp
Around the Kampfire
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