In this workbook, students read sentences with a difficult word underlined. They need to use context clues within the text to explain what the underlined word or phrase means.

For example, students will need to figure out what "embellishments" is in the following sentence:

Julie added many embellishments to her costume. She sewed on colorful buttons, ribbons, lace, and feathers.

To determine what "embellishments" means, look at the rest of the sentence for hints. Julie added colorful buttons, ribbons, lace, and feathers to her costume. So, these are all extra things that make the costume more fun and fancy. From this, you can guess that "embellishments" mean the decorations added to make something look more special or attractive. Using clues like "colorful buttons" and "feathers," you can understand that embellishments are the fancy, decorative parts!