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A Letter for Imani: Sentence Clues

Read a story about a girl waiting for a letter from her cousin, then use sentence clues to find what new words and phrases mean.

Grade 1ELAInteractive · Printable

Aligned toL.1.4.a

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1 Common Core standard
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10 questions
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Format: Interactive · Printable
Grade: Grade 1
Subject: ELA
Question types: Fill in the blank, Multiple choice, Matching, Circle the answer, Short answer

About this worksheet

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 means.
Students use new words in sentences that fit their meaning.

How to use

Read the story aloud, stop at each bold word, and ask which other words in the sentence help. Then let students answer 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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A Letter for Imani: Sentence Clues

Use the other words in a sentence to learn a new word.

Read the story

Read the story. Look at the words in bold.

A Letter for Imani

1Imani wrote a letter to her cousin Bao, who lives far away. Every day she ran outside to check the mailbox. She was eager to get a letter back, so she could hardly wait.

2One windy day, the mailbox lid was ajar. It was open just a little, and Imani could peek inside. The mailbox was empty.

3"Be patient," said Dad. "Letters take time to travel, so we have to wait." Imani sighed and waited.

4At last, a fat envelope came. It was stuffed with a drawing, a photo, and a long letter. Imani grinned from ear to ear. She was overjoyed!

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