Context Clues

Big and small nocturnal animals only come out at night. What do nocturnal animals do?

• stay asleep all the time

• come outside when it gets dark

• stay inside all the time

• come out only during the day

Big and small nocturnal animals only come out at night. Which words help you know what nocturnal means?

• animals only

• big and small

• only come out at night

• small nocturnal

Wild cats hunt for prey, or food, at night. What does the word prey mean?

• where wild cats live

• when wild cats sleep

• what wild cats look like

• what wild cats eat

Wild cats hunt for prey, or food, after dark. Which word helps you know what the word prey means?

• cats

• food

• dark

• wild

I feel sad when summer ends, but Eric feels gleeful. How does Eric feel when summer ends?

• sad

• mad

• happy

• tired

Eric harvests apples at a farm where people pick their own. What does Eric do when he harvests apples?

• He eats them.

• He picks them.

• He bakes them.

• He grows them.

Eric looks for a dry place to sit but the ground is damp. What does the damp ground feel like?

• hard

• soft

• cold

• wet

Eric looks for a dry place to sit, but the ground is damp. Which word helps you know what damp means?

• looks

• dry

• place

• sit

Choose the correct meaning of the word. We redo the walls of our fort.

• do again

• not do

• do before

• do wrong

Choose the correct meaning of the word. We save the unbroken boards.

• broken again

• broken before

• very broken

• not broken