Grade 4 · Reading · Lesson 6

Use Context Clues Effectively

Skilled readers use context clues to work out the meaning of unfamiliar words without stopping to look them up. At Grade 4, you should be able to identify the type of clue AND explain how it helped you.

What this lesson teaches

1Use context clues to work out the meaning of an unfamiliar word in a passage
2Identify the type of context clue used in a sentence
3Apply a four-step strategy for decoding unknown words while reading

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