Brittany Gilchrest

Context Clues Lesson Plan Brittany Gilchrest

Lesson Overview
Lesson Title Context Clues
Lesson Description The teacher model with the students what context clues look like
and how to use it to understand what they are reading. Students
will then practice these skills with a game and independent
activity.
Unit Title Context Clues
Real world
applications Students will be able to apply this to their own reading.
/
connections
Content TEKS 2.5B
Area
Standards (5) Reading/Vocabulary Development. Students understand new
Alignment vocabulary and use it when reading and writing. Students are
expected to:

(B) use context to determine the relevant meaning of unfamiliar

words or multiple-meaning words;

Technology N/A
Standards
Alignment

Objectives TSW use surrounding words to determine the meaning of unknown

words
Grade Level 2nd grade

Estimated
Time Needed 40 minutes
for this
Lesson

Resources/Materials/Tools

Terms/Vocabulary Context clues

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Technology
resources During this lesson I will use the document camera to display sentences for
(hardware, the whole class to see.
software,
websites,
Technology-
Enhanced
Lesson
Supports), and
rationale for
why each is
vital for
instruction:
Non-
Technology For this lesson I am using a tic tac toe game in order to engage the students
resources and
rationale for and encourage participation.
why each is
vital for
instruction:

Lesson Procedures
Resource
Stage of Lesson Step-by-Step Lesson Sequence Lesson
Managem
Management
ent
Focus/ How do you figure out Students are in
Anticipatory what a word means? the classroom.
Set
(motivational Have students share with There is low level
hook) their group. talking going on
Ask if any students want to as the students
share with the class. share with their
partner.
Content Input When we cant figure out During this The
(could include what a word is we use a strategy phase I am using document
content outline,
presentation called context clues. Context clues the document camera will
format, is when we look in the sentence camera at the be used to
questioning, and surrounding sentences to desk and display
modeling,
figure out the meaning of a word. modeling context sentences to
examples)
I will put a sentence up on clues. I will be talk through
the document camera that has a using sticks to with the
nonsense word in it. ask students students
How could I figure out questions. The
what this nonsense word means? students are
Are there any clues in the answering
sentence? questions I may
Talk through the process ask.
with students indicating important
words that help with the meaning
of the nonsense word.
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Guided Practice Instruct the students to During this part Each

(identify break up into partner groups. students are at students will
students who Instruct students who are the 3rd their desk with a have a tic
failed to person at their table where to go. partner. I will be tac toe
master lesson
objectives) We are going to play a tic using a board, bingo
tac toe game. Each person will student/teacher dots, and
take turns answering the question point chart and each group
on a card, your partner will check class dojo points will have a
the answer and if you get it right to manage set of
you can place a chip on the card. student behavior question
Then the next person goes until and noise level. card in order
someone has 3 in a row. As I to complete
explain the directions I will also be the activity.
modeling it for students to ensure
that they understand the
directions.
Ask a student to pass out
tic tac toe boards to everyone and
instruct another student to pass
out transparent bingo chips, each
partner needs a different color
chip.
Pass out the question cards
and answer keys to each group.
As the students are playing
I will walk around to see how the
students are doing and to ensure
that all students are playing fairly.
After the students finish ask
students What were some
strategies you used to figure out
the word?
Independ Hand out pages that have Students will be Students
ent reading passages with a silly word working will have a
Practice
(vertical that students try to figure out independently. I practice
expansions of using clues in the story will be walking page with
lessons; re- around the room passages
teaching and prompting and a word
enrichment)
students who for them to
need help and try to figure
ensure that out/
everyone is on
task.
Closure What did you learn during Students are
this lesson? discussing with
Why is using context clues their table groups
important while reading and the teacher is
Have students share their listening to
answers with each other. student
responses.
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Plans for Differentiated Instruction/Accommodations

There are currently no special education students or students with IEPs in my
Special
Education
classroom. However this lesson could be adjusted by providing a student with one
Students on one time with the teacher during the independent practice.
There are currently no ELL students in my classroom however, if necessary I
English could scaffold an ELL student by providing simplified language and translated
Language
Learners
versions in their home language.
For my gifted and talented students I can allow them to identify difficult words in
books and write down the sentence they appear in. The student can then attempt to
Gifted and
Talented
figure out what the word means.
Students

Other

If the students are having a hard time understanding the lesson I can go back and practice again
using some of the passages from independent practice and modeling this for them while asking
them for as much of it as possible. If students finish early they can read a book independently.

My assessment for this lesson will be the independent practice context clues sheet that the
students will complete independently and their responses to questions I ask them throughout the
lesson.

The context clues tic tac toe game came from:

https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/FREEBIE-Context-Clue-Tic-Tac-Toe-Game-
564502

The context clues practice page came from:

https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Context-Clues-FREEBIE-653863