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Isla's First Guitar Lesson

Read a short story about a first guitar lesson, use sentence clues to find what new words and phrases mean, then pick words with the same meaning.

Grade 1ELAInteractive · Printable

Aligned toL.1.4.a

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Format: Interactive · Printable
Grade: Grade 1
Subject: ELA
Question types: Fill in the blank, Multiple choice, Short answer

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What students practice

Students use the rest of a sentence as a clue to the meaning of a new word.
Students use sentence clues to tell what a phrase such as "way to go" means.

How to use

Read the story aloud together. Stop at each bold word and ask which other words in the sentence help. Then let students answer the questions on their own.

Curriculum

Common Core standard covered

L.1.4.a

Use the rest of the sentence as a clue to the meaning of a word or phrase.

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Isla's First Guitar Lesson

Read a story and use sentence clues to learn new words.

Read the story

Read the story. You can read it with a grown-up. Look for clues near each bold word.

Isla's First Guitar Lesson

1Uncle Dev handed Isla a small, old guitar. The wood was scuffed, with tiny scratches all over it.

2"Hold it gently, not too hard," he said. Isla plucked one string, but the sound was so faint that she could hardly hear it.

3Next, Uncle Dev showed her how to strum by brushing his thumb down all the strings at once. Isla tried it. Twang!

4Soon Isla's fingers were sore, and they hurt from pressing on the strings. But she kept going, and at last she played a whole song.

5Uncle Dev grinned from ear to ear with a big, wide smile. "Way to go, Isla!" he cheered, and he gave her a high five.

Clues in the story

Use the other words in the sentence to answer.

Read paragraph 1. What does scuffed mean?

A. shiny and new
B. full of scratches
C. painted red

Read paragraph 2. What does faint mean?

A. very loud and booming
B. quick and very sharp
C. soft and hard to hear

Which words in paragraph 2 help you know what faint means?

A. hold it gently, not too hard
B. she could hardly hear it
C. plucked one string

Read paragraph 3. What does strum mean?

A. brush across the strings
B. tie on a new string
C. put the guitar away

Read paragraph 4. What does sore mean?

A. very cold
B. very clean
C. hurting

Read paragraph 5. What does grinned from ear to ear mean?

A. smiled a big smile
B. covered his ears
C. made a sad face

In paragraph 5, Uncle Dev says "Way to go". What does he mean?

A. "Please go away now."
B. "Which way do we go?"
C. "You did a great job!"

New sentences, new words

Read each sentence. Use the clue to pick the word from the box that means the same as the bold word. Write it on the line.

Use each word in the box one time.

Word bank: napped · loves · huge · short

Isla played a brief song that was over in a few seconds.
Brief means .

Uncle Dev's guitar case is enormous, as big as Isla!
Enormous means .

Isla's cat dozed on the bed and slept the whole time she played.
Dozed means .

Isla adores her guitar and gives it a hug every night.
Adores means .