How to Learn Content Vocabulary through Context Using Context means “Looking for Clues to help you figure out words you don’t know”
Strategies for using Context to understand new and unknown words:
Using local context (the rest of the words in the sentence)
Using global context (reading past the phrase and using the larger portion of text to help with the meaning) as: picture, title, a side bar, glossary
Connecting the phrase and the context to background knowledge they currently have. Clues in you head
Examining word parts to determine meaning and then testing their meaning within the context of the sentence/paragraph. Structural context: clues inside the word
Determining words that are critical to understanding and words that can be ignored pending further reading