New Vocabulary Words Worksheet

Help readers keep track of unfamiliar words and make sense of them in context. The worksheet provides space for a book title, new words and students’ inferred meanings.
Grades
Preschool–Pre-K, Grades 1–3
Pages
1
File type
PDF
Preparation
Print ready

Updated Jul 11, 2021

Subject
ELA, Vocabulary
Topic
Context Clues, Vocabulary Collection
Resource types
Worksheets, Graphic Organizers
Preparation
Print ready
Standards
L.1.4

Product description

From the author

Record unfamiliar words while reading a selected story to the class. Use illustrations, explanatory phrases, props and voice inflection to help students discuss possible meanings.

The one-page PDF has a book-title field and seven word-and-meaning rows. Supply the story separately; responses depend on the selected text.

In the classroom

Teaching tips & learning objectives

Learning objectives

  • Notice and record unknown words while reading

  • Infer a word's meaning from available context

Teaching tips

  • Model a think-aloud with one unfamiliar word

  • Verify selected inferences after learners commit to an initial meaning

Skills covered

  • Vocabulary collection

  • Context-clue inference

  • Reading reflection

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Curriculum

Standards, concepts & topics

Standards

  • L.1.4

Core concepts

  • Unknown words

  • Context clues

  • Vocabulary development

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