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Porcupine Word Clues

Grade 1 context clues: read a short article about porcupines and use sentence clues to find the meaning of new words and phrases.

Grade 1ELAInteractive · Printable

Aligned toL.1.4.a

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1 Common Core standard
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9 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, Sorting, 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 clues in a short article to tell what animal words mean.
Students sort words by meaning using the clues in each sentence.

How to use

Read the article together and stop at each new word to find its clue. Then let students do the sentence practice 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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Porcupine Word Clues

Use sentence clues to learn new words about animals.

Read the article

Read the article. When you find a new word, look at the words around it for clues.

Prickly Porcupines

1A porcupine has quills all over its back and tail. Quills are sharp, stiff hairs that can poke like pins.

2When a porcupine is scared, it raises its quills to protect itself. The quills keep it safe from animals that want to bite it. A porcupine cannot shoot its quills, but they come out easily if an animal touches them.

3Most porcupines are nocturnal. They sleep in the day and look for food at night. Many porcupines gnaw on tree bark and twigs. They chew and chew with their strong front teeth.

4On the ground, a porcupine waddles. It walks slowly and rocks from side to side.

Read paragraph 1. What are quills?

A. soft, fluffy ears
B. sharp, stiff hairs
C. long, skinny tails
D. small, flat feet

Read paragraph 2 again. Which sentence tells what protect means? Underline it.

When a porcupine is scared, it raises its quills to protect itself.The quills keep it safe from animals that want to bite it.A porcupine cannot shoot its quills, but they come out easily if an animal touches them.

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