Context Clues

The VIGILANT guards stayed up all night to make sure no one came near the castle.

• disguised

• watchful

• superior

• youthful

Ms. Hawkins REPRIMANDED a student for throwing paper airplanes in class.

• scolded

• rewarded

• arrested

• seated

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4A

CCSS.L.4.4A

CCSS.L.4.5C

CCSS.L.5.4A

CCSS.L.5.5C

Ben is so APPREHENSIVE about appearing in the play that he has an upset stomach.

• thrilled

• modest

• bored

• nervous

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

If you park your car on the _______, it might roll all the way down.

• slope

• driveway

• level

• sidewalk

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5C

If you have trouble understanding a word in a passage or sentence of a story, you may want to read previous words or the end of the sentence to determine what the word means. What is this strategy known as?

• text messaging
• content origins
• context clues
• scanning

The con man bamboozled the customers by making false promises.

What does the word bamboozled mean?

• surprised

• tricked

• charmed

• angered

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4E

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

Although the players were discouraged after their season-long losing streak, Coach Jensen vowed they would rise from the ashes to win the championship next season.

What does rise from the ashes mean?

• improve through extensive practice

• come back after seeming lost or dead

• played through the game and came out covered in dirt

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

“They could not afford to stay. Thousands of families packed up their lives and moved west to find work…”

“Okies did manage to get away from the thick dust storms, but they could not escape unemployment and poverty.”

Using context clues and your own background knowledge, what most closely aligns to the meaning of the word poverty as it is used in the example above?

• The practice of moving from city to city to find a well-paying job

• The state of being hurt physically

• The state of an area’s natural environment

• The state of being extremely poor

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4E

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

Read the passage:

"Volunteers arrived at the river to help clean up the watershed. They picked up all kinds of litter scattered in and around the water. By the time they finished, they had collected nearly 17 bags of debris.

In this passage, what does debris mean?

• pebbles

• treasures

• soil

• waste

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.10

CCSS.RI.4.10

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

It might come as a surprise, but grazing animals are a key factor in erosion, the process by which earth is worn away by winds, water, or other means. This is especially true in coastal regions. Grazing animals eat the grasses. The grasses' roots help bind the dunes together. With these grasses and roots gone, the soil is easily blown off or washed away.

What definition does the text use to help define erosion?

• Grazing Animals

• The process by which earth is worn away.

• Costal Regions

• Soil is easily blown off or washed away

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.10

CCSS.RI.4.10

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4