Types Of Context Clues Part 1 3rd to 5th Grade Speech Therapy Boom Cards

This is a great activity designed to give students practice defining vocabulary words using one of four types of context clues at the sentence level. Discuss the meaning of each underlined word with your students individually or as a group. Then, students choose one of the four multiple-choice options to answer the question, “Which type of context clue was used in the sentence?”

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Discuss the meaning of each of the 15 underlined words with your students individually or as a group. Then, students read the sentence and choose one of the four multiple-choice options to answer the question, “Which type of context clue was used in the sentence?”