Context Clues

Mom handed me a dishcloth. “Kirk’s been in that room since he was a baby. It will be easier on him to be alone if he’s still in familiar surroundings. But all the stuff in that room is mine. It’s decorated with posters of my favorite baseball players.

"I know it’s not exactly fair,” Mom said, “but if you want your own room, you’ll have to make some concessions.”

I knew she meant I had to let Kirk have his own way.

In paragraph 8, the word concessions refers to something that is

• created by accident

• decided without much thought

• kept in a special area

• done in order to agree

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4E

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

The camera made thermal images that showed heat. In thermal images, darker colors show cooler temperatures. Lighter colors represent hotter temperatures. These images verified that koalas hug trees to keep cool. They showed that the tree trunks and lower limbs were up to nine degrees cooler than the surrounding air.

What does verified mean?

• proved

• compared

• observed

• suspected

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.10

CCSS.RI.4.10

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

just when you start to get

bickery and bored

stores and factories

dissolve

into cows and cornflowers

cars grow outnumbered by trees

• melt into liquid

• undo or break apart

• fade away

• overcome with emotion

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

Scott could not find his glasses anywhere. He worried that he might have thrown them away when he was cleaning his room. He began to rummage through the garbage hoping that he would find them.

What does the word rummage mean?

• search

• fight

• run

• smell

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4E

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

The Henleys are a very reserved couple. They rarely talk to their neighbors, and they don't like to leave their house. They always keep their curtains closed, and they never have visitors. In fact, some of their neighbors have never met them!

Based on the context clues in the paragraph, what is the meaning of reserved?

• private

• welcoming

• friendly

• happy

Belinda is very cautious when she crosses the street. She does not want to get hit by a car. She always looks both ways. She walks across when the street is clear.

What is the meaning of cautious in the passage above?

• excited

• tired

• angry

• careful

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4A

CCSS.L.4.4A

CCSS.L.4.5C

CCSS.L.5.4A

CCSS.L.5.5C