As we learned, context clues are hints a writer drops that help you figure out the meaning of a particular word or a phenomenon. Context clues stop you from getting lost.

Students will learn how to use context clues to determine the meaning of unknown words.

Campers will learn about what context clues are and practice using context clues to determine the meaning of nonsense words. This lesson kicks off our space themed week. Mrs. Brewer will play a ...

By 15 months, babies can guess what new words mean—even without seeing the object—using context clues from conversation. (CREDIT: FreeImages) A baby's first year brings incredible change.

Example: Use what they understand about a sentence to figure out the meaning of an unknown word or phrase in that sentence (use context clues to determine the meaning of a word).

A meta-analysis of 21 instructional treatments aimed at enhancing the skill of deliberately deriving word meaning from context during reading shows a medium effect size of 0.43 standard deviation ...

Example: Use what a sentence says to figure out the meaning of an unknown word or phrase in that sentence (use context clues to determine the meaning of a word).

Janice L. Buikema, Michael F. Graves, Teaching Students to Use Context Cues to Infer Word Meanings, Journal of Reading, Vol. 36, No. 6 (Mar., 1993), pp. 450-457 ...