Context Clues | Grade 4 ELA | FAST Success Kit

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Lesson plans, teaching strategies, and pacing guide for context clues instruction

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Introduction to the five types of context clues with examples and practice

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Multiple passages with context clues questions and vocabulary exercises

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10-question assessment mirroring actual FAST test format

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Home activities and tips for practicing context clues with everyday reading

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Complete answer keys with explanations for all worksheets and quiz

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Five Types of Clues: Teach students to recognize definition, example, synonym, antonym, and inference clues
Look Around the Word: Train students to read the sentence before and after an unfamiliar word for clues
Signal Words Matter: Help students identify signal words like "such as," "for example," "unlike," and "means"
Check Your Guess: Always have students substitute their predicted meaning back into the sentence to verify it makes sense