Context Clues

1. The student replied to the teacher with a witty answer and the class laughed.

• funny

• mean

• serious

• mean

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

2. We looked at the atlas to figure out where we were going.

• phone

• paper

• map

• sky

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

3. We bought our groceries at a store that gets food from local farms. The farms are close to home.

• near our home

• country

• old

• hot

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

4. Mya was nervous for the first day of school. She was an introvert, and her timid and quiet personality, made it hard to make new friends.

• new student

• class clown

• shy person

• mean kid

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

5. The novice teacher was excited about her first teaching job since graduating college.

• nice

• stern

• experienced

• beginner

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

6. The alluring smell of the cookies drew Sandy toward the kitchen for a taste.

• nasty

• stinky

• desirable

• unpleasant

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

7. The greedy child was snatching candy from the shelf.

• happy

• pleasant

• sweet

• selfish

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

8. The soldiers crouched down low behind their vehicle and waited for the enemy to pass.

• stooped with bent knees

• stood straight and tall

• leaning

• ran from

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

9. My grandfather will doze during television shows when he is tired.

• discuss

• cheer

• nap

• yell

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

10. Fireworks on the 4th of July give off a beautiful glimmer in the sky.

• smell

• darkness

• look

• glow

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.4