Context Clues

Everyone thought Steven was a genius because he got a perfect score on all of his homework and test in school.

• brain

• idiot

• inability

• smart

Tags

CCSS.L.1.4A

CCSS.L.2.4A

CCSS.L.3.4A

CCSS.L.4.4A

CCSS.L.4.5C

In order to not impede the construction effort and to help the job get done quicker the town closed the road and kept people away.

• Tear Up

• Slow down

• Run into

• Talk about

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4A

CCSS.L.3.4A

CCSS.L.4.4A

CCSS.L.4.5C

CCSS.L.5.4A

Rebecca did not know what was behind the door her curiosity made her open the door to find out.

• Guessing

• Animal at the circus

• Desire to know something

• Carelessness

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.W.5.2D

Don't bring your drinks into the chemistry lab, you will contaminate the science experiments of the soda

• clean

• fix up

• improve

• make dirty

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.10

CCSS.RI.4.10

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

The principal needs to curtail his speech because he started at 2:45 and it was now 3:15. The students needed to go home.

• Cut short

• Increase

• Prolong

• Strengthen

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4A

CCSS.L.3.4A

CCSS.L.4.4A

CCSS.L.4.5C

CCSS.L.5.5C

Jimmy was oblivious to his baby sister's crying because he had his headphones in and couldn't hear her.

• obvious

• unaware

• mindful

• concern

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.3.4B

CCSS.L.3.4C

CCSS.RF.3.3A

CCSS.RF.3.3B

The chewing gum plummeted to the ground when he splat it out from the 5th floor window.

• stretched

• shot up

• fell

• raise

Tags

CCSS.L.1.5D

CCSS.L.2.5B

CCSS.L.3.5C

CCSS.L.K.5D

Amelia licked the envelope and sealed it before sticking it in the mailbox.

• closed

• open

• animal

• wrote on it

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.4

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

The title of an essay should always be capitalized and go at the beginning of the essay.

• bold word

• caption

• heading

• ending

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.W.5.2D

The glass plate shattered when it fell to the ground.

• made a loud noise

• break into pieces

• bouncing

• remain whole

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4E

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C