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What is a pollo? How do you know? Read the sentence below. Look at the surrounding words or hidden clues to figure out the meaning of the underlined word. – PowerPoint PPT presentation

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Title: Context Clues


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Context Clues
  • When you read there are words you do not
    know. A context clue will help you figure out the
    meaning of the unknown word.
  • We will practice looking at surrounding words
    and hidden clues to help find the meaning.

2
Read the paragraph below. Look at the surrounding
words or hidden clues to figure out the meaning
of the underlined word.
  • Yesterday I saw a pollo in my yard. We dont
    have any pollos, so I was surprised. It ran all
    around clucking like crazy. Then it laid an egg
    on my foot!
  • What is a pollo? How do you know?

3
Read the sentence below. Look at the surrounding
words or hidden clues to figure out the meaning
of the underlined word.
  • Last night, after dinner, we had chocolate
    cake for postre.
  • What is postre? How do you know?

4
Read the paragraph below. Look at the surrounding
words or hidden clues to figure out the meaning
of the underlined word.
  • Saturday I caught a big pescado in the
    pond. He put up quite a fight before I reeled him
    in.
  • What is a pescado? How do you know?

5
Read the paragraph below. Look at the surrounding
words or hidden clues to figure out the meaning
of the underlined word.
  • One of my favorite things to drink is
    leche. My sister likes chocolate leche, but I
    like mine plain.
  • What is leche? How do you know?

6
Last time read the sentence below. Look at the
surrounding words or hidden clues to figure out
the meaning of the underlined word.
  • For breakfast this morning I had bacon,
    huevos, and toast. Boy was it good!
  • What are huevos? How do you know?
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