Context Clues Task Cards – Inference Skills Task Cards
Description
This colourful set of 32 Context Clues Tasks Cards helps students to use clues when reading to understand the meaning of unknown words – great for practising inference skills! Print and laminate these context clues task cards for regular use!
This set of 32 Context Clues Tasks Cards features:
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The first 12 task cards require students to find the meaning of the underlined word using context clues.
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The next 4 task cards require students to find the meaning of the underlined word using definition context clues.
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The next 4 task cards require students to find the meaning of the underlined word using synonym context clues.
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The next 4 task cards require students to find the meaning of the underlined word using antonym context clues.
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The next 4 task cards require students to find the meaning of the underlined word using example context clues.
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The final 4 task cards require students to fill in the gap in the sentence using context clues.
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Student recording sheet
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Answers
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Context Clues definition poster
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Types of Context Clues definition poster
Why Teach Context Clues and other aspects of Semantics?
The meanings of words and the relationships of words are referred to as semantics. A reader’s breadth and depth of vocabulary contributes to reading achievement.
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As the primary goals of reading and writing are determining and communicating meaning, it is important for students to understand the meanings of words and how words function in sentences.
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As the majority of words in English have multiple meanings or shades of meaning, it is necessary for the reader to be flexible in determining the author’s intended meaning of a word within a sentence.
