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Context Clues. We are learning to define unknown words using context clues. We are looking for: Words or sentences around and unknown word that help define the word Definitions, restatements, or examples around an unknown words that help define the word. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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We are learning to define unknown words using context clues.
We are looking for:• Words or sentences around and
unknown word that help define the word
• Definitions, restatements, or examples around an unknown words that help define the word.
Mr. Pike was at the front of the room. Standing behind the upright piano, he pounded out a melody with one hand and flailed the air with his other one, trying to get fidgety fifth graders to sing their hearts out.
Jack Rankin was supposed to be singing along with the rest of the chorus. He was supposed to be learning a new song for the fall concert.
Taken from Janitor’s Boy by Andrew Clements----Page 4
You may wonder why pop star, Pink is doing so well. Perhaps it is because she listened to her father. “Strive to be different,” Pink’s father said. “It is okay to be different.”