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Sentence Clues at the Picnic

Grade 1 vocabulary: read a picnic story and use the rest of the sentence as a clue 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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11 questions
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Details

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 figure out a new word.
Students use sentence clues to tell the meaning of a short phrase.
Students explain a new word by writing a sentence with a clue.

How to use

Read the picnic story aloud, then ask students to point to the clue words before they choose an answer. Reread each sentence with the new word replaced by the meaning.

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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Sentence Clues at the Picnic

Use the rest of the sentence to figure out a new word.

Read the picnic story

Read the story. When you find a new word, look at the other words in the sentence for clues.

A Picnic by the Lake

1Dina and Grandpa went on a picnic by the lake. The sun was hot, so they sat in the shade under a tall tree. The cool spot kept them from getting too warm.

2Grandpa brought an enormous watermelon. It was so big that Dina needed both arms to hold it. Her sandwich was soggy. The ice pack had melted and made the bread wet.

3Dina nibbled her sandwich in tiny bites. Grandpa gobbled a slice of melon. He ate it so fast that juice ran down his chin. Then they both laughed.

Read paragraph 1. What does the word shade mean?