© ETA hand2mind® Context Clues in Informational Text Activity 3 Reflect/Apply Research additional unusual animal noses and tails. Make a list of unknown words. Then use context clues to find the meaning of each word. Tip Read closely text that has unfamiliar words. Read ahead to see if any clues come in the text after the words. Then reread to make sure you didn’t miss any important clues. Objective: Use sentence and paragraph context clues to find the meaning of unknown words and academic vocabulary in informational text (description, comparison). fill with air part of a living thing that sticks out causes to move, usually forward relating to sense of smell capable of grasping make sounds with a voice make unable to move animal part with the nose and mouth looks like make louder flexible limbs long nose Did You Know? Context means the words, phrases, and sentences surrounding a word or term. A context clue is a hint found in the surrounding text. Unusual Animals Tails Scorpions have poisonous stingers on their tails. The venom from the stinger is used to kill or 9. paralyze their prey. Some scorpion venom is even deadly to humans. The difference between a monkey and an ape is that monkeys have tails. Some monkeys even have 10. prehensile tails. They can use their tail to grab and swing from branches. Kangaroos use their tail as a fifth leg. This muscular 11. appendage actually pushes, or 12. propels, the kangaroo as it hops and walks. Use the context clues in the passages to find the meaning of the words in bold print. Noses 1. Proboscis monkeys are named for the long fleshy nose on the male. The purpose of the nose is to invite females to mate. Scientists think the nose helps 2. amplify the monkey’s mating call to reach faraway females. The 3. snout of a star-nosed mole is made up of 22 fleshy, pink 4. tentacles. The tentacles stick out like fingers. The mole uses them to feel along the ground to decide what is food and what is not food. A male elephant seal can 5. inflate its large nose to make it look even bigger. Its nose 6. resembles an elephant’s trunk. During mating season, male seals establish their territories. They fight and make loud sounds by blowing and 7. vocalizing into their noses. An aardvark has a long snout that resembles a pig’s nose. It uses its snout to smell food. Aardvarks have a very sharp sense of smell. This is partly because they have the most 8. olfactory structures of any mammal. 2 Proboscis monkey Elephant seal Spider monkey additional tips applying the text feature definition of selected text feature Sample: Card 2 Activity 3 extension activity Context Clues in Informational Text 66787 978-0-7406-9969-6 © 2015 by ETA hand2mind ® All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the publisher. Welcome to Context Clues in Informational Text Informational text is a type of nonfiction text that is used to present factual information about the world around us. Students encounter informational text as they seek information they want to know and/or need to know. As students progress through the grades, state and national standards require them to read, respond to, and write an increasing amount of informational text. This Teacher’s Note provides information to help you support your students in effective skills practice using the Key Ideas & Details in Informational Text Activity Cards. What are context clues? Context clues are hints in the surrounding text about the meaning of a word or words. They are on-the-page, “self-service” tools authors provide to help readers discover meaning. A context clue helps readers understand 1) the meaning of an unfamiliar word, 2) which meaning the author intends for a multiple-meaning word, or 3) the meaning of a known word used in an unfamiliar way—for example, in an idiomatic expression. How can the activities in this strategy pack help your students? Students need repeated, targeted practice for successful skills mastery. The activities in this strategy pack provide self-correcting practice in manageable chunks that allow students to read, skim, and scan authentic content. The sample activity card pictured below shows the features of each card.
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Refl ect/ApplyResearch additional unusual animal noses and tails. Make a list of unknown words. Then use context clues to fi nd the meaning of each word.
TipRead closely text that has unfamiliar words. Read ahead to see if any clues come in the text after the words. Then reread to make sure you didn’t miss any important clues.
Objective: Use sentence and paragraph context clues to fi nd the meaning of unknown words and academic vocabulary in informational text (description, comparison).
fi ll with airpart of a
living thing that sticks out
causes to move, usually
forward
relating to sense of smell
capable of grasping
make sounds with a voice
make unable to move
animal part with the nose
and mouthlooks like make louder fl exible limbs long nose
Did You Know?Context means the words, phrases, and sentences surrounding a word or term. A context clue is a hint found in the surrounding text.
Unusual AnimalsTailsScorpions have poisonous stingers on their tails. The venom from the stinger is used to kill or 9. paralyze their prey. Some scorpion venom is even deadly to humans.
The difference between a monkey and an ape is that monkeys have tails. Some monkeys even have 10. prehensile tails. They can use their tail to grab and swing from branches.
Kangaroos use their tail as a fi fth leg. This muscular 11. appendage actually pushes, or 12. propels, the kangaroo as it hops and walks.
Use the context clues in the passages to fi nd the meaning of the words in bold print.
Noses1. Proboscis monkeys are named for the long fl eshy nose on the male. The purpose of the nose is to invite females to mate. Scientists think the nose helps 2. amplify the monkey’s mating call to reach faraway females.
The 3. snout of a star-nosed mole is made up of 22 fl eshy, pink 4. tentacles. The tentacles stick out like fi ngers. The mole uses them to feel along the ground to decide what is food and what is not food.
A male elephant seal can 5. infl ate its large nose to make it look even bigger. Its nose 6. resembles an elephant’s trunk. During mating season, male seals establish their territories. They fi ght and make loud sounds by blowing and 7. vocalizing into their noses.
An aardvark has a long snout that resembles a pig’s nose. It uses its snout to smell food. Aardvarks have a very sharp sense of smell. This is partly because they have the most 8. olfactory structures of any mammal.
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Proboscis monkey
Elephant seal
Spider monkey
additional tipsapplying the text feature
definition of selected text feature
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All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the publisher.
Welcome to Context Clues in Informational TextInformational text is a type of nonfiction text that is used to present factual information about the world around us. Students encounter informational text as they seek information they want to know and/or need to know. As students progress through the grades, state and national standards require them to read, respond to, and write an increasing amount of informational text. This Teacher’s Note provides information to help you support your students in effective skills practice using the Key Ideas & Details in Informational Text Activity Cards.
What are context clues? Context clues are hints in the surrounding text about the meaning of a word or words. They are on-the-page, “self-service” tools authors provide to help readers discover meaning.
A context clue helps readers understand 1) the meaning of an unfamiliar word, 2) which meaning the author intends for a multiple-meaning word, or 3) the meaning of a known word used in an unfamiliar way—for example, in an idiomatic expression.
How can the activities in this strategy pack help your students? Students need repeated, targeted practice for successful skills mastery. The activities in this strategy pack provide self-correcting practice in manageable chunks that allow students to read, skim, and scan authentic content. The sample activity card pictured below shows the features of each card.
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Did You Know?Context means the words, phrases, and sentences surrounding a word or term. A context clue is a hint found in the surrounding text.
Unusual AnimalsUse the context clues in the passages to find the meaning of the words in bold print.
Noses1. Proboscis monkeys are named for the long fleshy nose on the male. The purpose of the nose is to invite females to mate. Scientists think the nose helps 2. amplify the monkey’s mating call to reach faraway females.
The 3. snout of a star-nosed mole is made up of 22 fleshy, pink 4. tentacles. The tentacles stick out like fingers. The mole uses them to feel along the ground to decide what is food and what is not food.
A male elephant seal can 5. inflate its large nose to make it look even bigger. Its nose 6. resembles an elephant’s trunk. During mating season, male seals establish their territories. They fight and make loud sounds by blowing and 7. vocalizing into their noses.
An aardvark has a long snout that resembles a pig’s nose. It uses its snout to smell food. Aardvarks have a very sharp sense of smell. This is partly because they have the most 8. olfactory structures of any mammal.
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Proboscis monkey
Elephant seal
Reflect/ApplyResearch additional unusual animal noses and tails. Make a list of unknown words. Then use context clues to find the meaning of each word.
TipRead closely text that has unfamiliar words. Read ahead to see if any clues come in the text after the words. Then reread to make sure you didn’t miss any important clues.
Objective: Use sentence and paragraph context clues to find the meaning of unknown words and academic vocabulary in informational text (description, comparison).
fill with airpart of a
living thing that sticks out
causes to move, usually
forward
relating to sense of smell
capable of grasping
make sounds with a voice
make unable to move
animal part with the nose
and mouthlooks like make louder flexible limbs long nose
TailsScorpions have poisonous stingers on their tails. The venom from the stinger is used to kill or 9. paralyze their prey. Some scorpion venom is even deadly to humans.
The difference between a monkey and an ape is that monkeys have tails. Some monkeys even have 10. prehensile tails. They can use their tail to grab and swing from branches.
Kangaroos use their tail as a fifth leg. This muscular 11. appendage actually pushes, or 12. propels, the kangaroo as it hops and walks.
Spider monkey
2 CLOSE AND FLIPClose the Answer Case and flip it over. Open the case and look at the pattern on the tiles.
1 ANSWER QUESTIONSComplete each question by placing the number tile on the letter in the Answer Case that corresponds to the correct answer.
3 MATCHCheck the tile pattern against the pattern in the Activity Book. If it matches, all answers are correct. If not, remove tiles that do not match and flip the case over again.
Getting Started With Four Easy Steps Make VersaTiles® Simple to Use!Set up your VersaTiles Answer Case by placing the numbered tiles in order from 1–12 in the top 2 rows. Now you are ready to begin your activity.
4 LEARNRethink the incorrect answer and flip the Answer Case over again. Once the pattern in the case and the book match, the activity has been successfully completed!
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