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Teacher Resources for Making Inferences, Using Context Clues — Learning From the Polar Past. How is the process of reading like playing the board game Clue? Both involve assembling “clues” and evidence to make sense of a particular situation or puzzle. However, while the game may be played without conscious or strategic choices, making inferences while reading is a deliberate and purposeful strategy.Research tells us that proficient readers use their own experience as well as the literal text to construct meaning. Yet this process of making inferences is not an intuitive process. Students need explicit instruction and opportunities to practice this meaning-making process.

Modeling, teacher think-alouds, and the use of graphic organizers support students as they learn to make inferences. One way that readers make inferences is by using context clues to figure out the meaning of an unknown word. There are several types of context clues, including direct definition clues, synonym or antonym clues, and inferential clues. Inferences Context Clues. Internet4Classrooms - Helping Students, Teachers and Parents Use the Internet Effectively. Inklewriter. SMART Science. Common Core Resources.

Common Core Curriculum Maps | English Language Arts. MAP: An Overview for Teachers. What is the Mathematics Assessment Project? The Mathematics Assessment Program (MAP) aims to bring to life the Common Core State Standards (CCSSM) in a way that will help teachers and their students turn their aspirations for achieving them into classroom realities. MAP is a collaboration between the University of California, Berkeley and the Shell Center team at the University of Nottingham, with support from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. The team works with the Silicon Valley Mathematics Initiative and school systems across the US and UK to develop improved assessment.

The materials from this project will exemplify CCSSM in explicit down-to-earth performance terms. What material is MAP developing? MAP materials are of two complementary kinds: Summative tests or tasks exemplify the performance targets that the standards imply. The team Design and development is led by the MARS Shell Center team at the University of Nottingham. Rationale and methodology External evaluation. Context Clues. Using Context Clues to Learn Word Meaning - Study Skills. When authors write, they often include context clues to the meaning of words they use but think that some of their readers may not know.

The context clue is usually presented in the sentence or paragraph in which the word occurs. Sometimes a visual such as a picture is provided. Here are six types of context clues used by authors to help the reader understand the meanings of words. An example is provided for each. 1. Definition context clue The author includes a definition to help the reader understand the meaning of a word. The people of the town were warned not to eat the tainted fish. 2. The author includes a synonym to help the reader understand the meaning of a word. After seeing the picture of the starving children, we all felt compassion or pity for their suffering. 3. The author includes an antonym to help the reader understand the meaning of a word. Joe was reluctant to take on the position of captain of the basketball team. 4. 5.

Andrea was a very impertinent young lady. 6. Using Context Clues to Learn Word Meaning - Study Skills.