1. First multiple-choice Monday!
Understanding Context clues-keys to becoming a better reader!

2. What are you learning today?
What is context?
How can I use context to learn new words?

3. Context is the set of ideas that surround a word or situation
What does Context mean?
Context is the set of ideas that surround a word or situation

4. Context clues and reading
Context clues can help us understand new words
The purple coneflowers bloomed profusely in the garden, their purple blooms clustered together
What might profusely mean?

5. Understanding context
Sometimes, one sentence isn’t enough. You might have to look at the next sentence to figure out the target word
Ex) Like a giraffe, an okapi has a prehensile tongue. This tongue helps it to grasp the branches and leaves that it eats.
What does prehensile mean?
When you are reading on your own, remember that you might sometimes have to read on for a sentence or two to figure out the meaning of a word

6. Context clues on test and the EOC
On tests, you might be asked to choose a word that can replace another word in a sentence. If you don’t know the words, look at the context clues to help you out
You guys have been doing this ALL YEAR with your vocabulary

7. Which word can replace the underlined word in the sentence below?
Carl was perplexed by the maze’s many twists and turns
A) sorry
B) relieved
C) concerned
D) confused
Think: How would you feel in a maze? What word (a, b, c, d) could fit into that sentence?