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Context Clues

Good readers use context clues to help them figure out unknown vocabulary words. They realize that they words around the unknown word act as clues and can help them make meaning even though the unknown word is unfamiliar to them. 

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When I Was Young in the Mountains by Cynthia Rylant

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Piggins by Jane Yolen

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Story Treasure: fake plastic diamond

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A River Ran Wild by Lynne Cherry

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Story Treasure: small clear aquarium pebble, or white pebble

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Renchenka's Eggs by Patricia Polacco

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Story Treasure: allow children to decorate a small plastic egg with paints, stickers, or markers

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Encounter by Jane Yolen

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Story Treasure: string of Mardi Gras beads (represents glass beads)

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Twilight Comes Twice by Ralph Fletcher

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Sylvester and the Magic Pebble by William Steig

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Story Treasure: small red pebble

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