The BFG - Context Clues

by Gay Miller

Price: 30 points or $0.3 USD

Subjects: ela

Grades: 3,4,5

Description: This deck is designed to help students improve their vocabulary and reading comprehension skills. Each card features a sentence from The BFG by Roald Dahl with a word in bold. Students are then presented with a multiple-choice question that asks them to identify a synonym for the bolded word based on the context of the sentence. This deck is aligned with the following Common Core State Standards for 3rd-5th graders: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.3.4: Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, distinguishing literal from nonliteral language. CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.4.4: Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including those that allude to significant characters found in mythology (e.g., Herculean). CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.5.4: Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative language such as metaphors and similes.