Context Clues Sub Plan (No Prep): Word Detective Case File, Grades 5-6

The Golden Spoon, the Hillside Cooking Club's winning trophy, has vanished an hour before the Family Taste Test, and the story about it hides ten bold words that may be new to students. No dictionary allowed. Students work like word detectives: they hunt for the clues in the words around each bold word, name the clue type (definition, synonym, antonym, example, cause and effect, or overall meaning) and write what the word means in their own words.

What's inside

• Sub Plan, 2 pages
• Reading, 1 page: the story, "The Case of the Missing Trophy," with 10 bold words
• Student Packet, 2 pages
• Answer Key, 1 page, with a 30-point grading guide
• All four documents in one ready-to-print PDF, in print order, 6 pages
• 9 files in all. Print only: no slides, no tech, no scissors.

Answer key included

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