Making Meaning Fourth Grade List 19

What does eligible mean?

• wander or roam about

• to look at very carefully

• not allowed to do or not allowed to have something

• allowed to do or allowed to have something

Answer explanation

People who are 16 years old are eligible to get a driver’s license.

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

What does scrutinize mean?

• To do something in a quick manner

• To look at very carefully

• To do something in a similar way

• To not allow something

Answer explanation

 Immigrants with health problems were marked with chalk so that doctors could scrutinize them, or look at them very carefully, later.

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

What does adequate mean?

• It means enough or good enough.

• It refers to a system of transporting water.

• It means to wander or roam.

• It means to look at something very carefully.

Answer explanation

If food and water supplies had been adequate, there would have been enough food and water for everyone.

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2E

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.L.5.6

CCSS.L.6.6

What does rove mean?

• to be enough or good enough

• to rev an engine by pushing on the accelerator

• to wander or roam about

• to be not enough or good enough

Answer explanation

Thousands of years ago, ancient hunters roved, or wandered, to the Americas.

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

What does inadequate mean?

• not enough or not good enough

• to wander or roam

• not allowed to do something

• allowed to do or have something

Answer explanation

Because the space was inadequate, the immigrants lived in cramped quarters where they could not sit or rest comfortably.

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

What does ineligible mean?

• not enough or not good enough

• allowed to do or have something

• not eligible, or not allowed to do or have something

• enough or good enough

Answer explanation

Immigrants with permanent health problems were ineligible to stay in the United States. They were sent back to their home countries.

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

Tallulah’s best friend has moved away.  Tallulah spends most of her time alone in her room.  She won’t go out to play.  She grumpily tells her mom, “I’ll never have another best friend.”

Which vocabulary word best describes Tullulah?

• glum

• inconsistent

• prudent

• optimistic

Answer explanation

It's glum. Glum means to feel sad and unhappy.

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.3

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

Mr. Wilson serves his wife lunch at different times each day.  On some days, he serves lunch at eleven o’clock.  On other days, he serves lunch at noon or one o’clock.

Which word describes Mr. Wilson?

• glum

• optimistic

• inconsistent

• prudent

Answer explanation

Inconsistent means that something does not stay the same.

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6