What's That Word Mean?

"What's That Word Mean?" is an engaging vocabulary development exercise that helps students understand words through context clues. This interactive and printable worksheet, that aligns with the Common Core State Standards, What's That Word Mean, features ten carefully selected sentences containing bolded words that students need to define. Each sentence provides contextual clues that help students deduce the meaning of words like "slumber," "disappointed," "repaired," and "valuable."

Designed with a clean, accessible layout and decorated with a charming illustration of a speckled egg in a nest, the worksheet encourages students to practice context-based vocabulary learning. The selected words represent a diverse range of complexity and usage, from everyday terms like "mending" to more sophisticated vocabulary like "intelligent" and "constructed." Students must analyze each sentence to understand how the word is used and then write their own definitions, developing both comprehension and writing skills.

What will your child learn through this worksheet?

• Using context clues to determine word meanings
• Understanding vocabulary in real-world situations
• Developing definition-writing skills
• Recognizing word usage patterns in sentences

Learning Outcomes

• Students will correctly define 8 out of 10 vocabulary words using context clues within 30 minutes
• Students will write clear, accurate definitions for unfamiliar words
• Students will demonstrate understanding of context clues in sentence analysis

Cognitive

• Through this worksheet, students develop analytical skills in deriving word meanings from context
• Practice critical thinking through interactive context clue interpretation

Psychomotor

• Practice writing skills while composing definitions in this interactive worksheet
• Develop eye-tracking abilities while analyzing sentence structure

Affective

• Build confidence in vocabulary interpretation through this interactive worksheet
• Develop positive attitudes toward learning new words

Reinforce

• Share and compare word definitions with classmates through this interactive worksheet
• Practice collaborative vocabulary building through group discussion

Tags

vocabulary development, context clues, reading comprehension, word definitions, language arts, elementary education, sentence analysis, definition writing, interactive learning, literacy skills, vocabulary building, Common Core aligned, reading strategies, word meaning, contextual understanding