TheLearnDenYear 5 · English
Explore Meaning
Year 5 learners practise understanding word meaning in context.
The activities include Identify the Meaning of Words from a Story, Answer Questions on 'What Katy Did', Consider Word Meaning in Context, and related practice. The checked support below includes video, teaching, worksheet, lesson. Open a resource in its provider's website and choose the format that best helps the learner explain the idea independently.
Activities covered
- Identify the Meaning of Words from a Story
- Answer Questions on 'What Katy Did'
- Consider Word Meaning in Context
- Find Words with Similar Meanings in a Text
- Identify the Meaning of Acronyms
- Identify the Meaning of Words from a Non-fiction Text
- Identify Word Meanings in a Text
- Read and Understand a Passage from 'What Katy Did'
- Read and Understand: 'What Katy Did'
- Show Understanding of a Narrative Poem
- Understand Meaning and Identify Structure in Poetry
- Understand the Meaning of Words in a Text
Checked learning resources
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Working Out Word Meanings from Context Clues | KS2 English Concept Video
Twinkl · Video · Account may be required
KS2 video models how surrounding words, sentences and story clues reveal the meaning of unfamiliar vocabulary.
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Year 5 Inference: Understanding and Answering Inference Questions Video Lesson
Twinkl · Video · Account may be required
Exact Year 5 video models combining textual clues with prior knowledge to infer character feelings, motives, relationships and unstated meaning.
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Answering Extended Response Questions | KS2 English Concept Video
Twinkl · Video · Account may be required
KS2 video models how to answer poetry questions with precise evidence and explanation.
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Language and Word Meaning
BBC Bitesize · Teaching · Opens on the provider website
KS2 teaching supports working out word meaning from context, synonyms and language choices.
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Word Detective: Context Clues Worksheet
Twinkl · Worksheet · Account may be required
Worksheet practises using surrounding words and phrases to infer unfamiliar word meanings.
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What Katy Did by Susan Coolidge — Chapter I: The Little Carrs
Project Gutenberg · Teaching · Opens on the provider website
Exact public-domain Chapter I contains the Carr family, Aunt Izzie, the ice-house roof and the character descriptions used in all three activity extracts.
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UKS2 Improving Reading Skills with Inference Iggy Activity Pack
Twinkl · Worksheet · Account may be required
Upper-KS2 passages and questions practise evidence-based inference about character and meaning.
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What Is an Acronym?
Twinkl · Teaching · Account may be required
Clear explanation distinguishes acronyms, initialisms and other abbreviations and gives examples of each.