Then, we talked about what to do if there weren't obviously any of those clues in the sentence or surrounding sentences. We made another anchor chart.
Then, we used a passage from the book A Dog's Life to tap in to some authentic literature. This activity showed the students that you can, indeed, use context clues in real books, not just in the sentences their teachers show them. (You can print a copy of the document here)
|An example of how I show them to use context clues in the passage|
|Fall/Thanksgiving Context Clues Task Cards|
|Winter/Holiday Context Clues Task Cards|
|Assorted Context Clues Task Cards (No theme)|