Context Clue Activity Using Pictures and Words
Pictures and Words paddle signs let students show whether a piece of information came from a book's illustrations or from its text during a whole-group read-aloud.

- Grades
- Preschool–Pre-K, Grade 1, Elementary
- File type
- Preparation
- Print ready
- Subject
- ELA, Reading, Language Development, Vocabulary
- Topic
- Context Clues, Text Features
- Resource types
- Activities
- Preparation
- Print ready
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What's inside this resource
This activity is great for helping students learn to use context clues to figure out the meaning of unknown words. The pictures and text provide clues that students can use to infer the meaning of the word. This is a great activity for helping students improve their reading comprehension skills.
In the classroom
Teaching tips & learning objectives
Learning objectives
- Tell whether information comes from an illustration or from the words of a text
Skills covered
- Using text and pictures — signaling the source of each detail during a read-aloud
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Concepts & topics
Core concepts
- Illustrations
- Text
- Context clues
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