Wonders: Smart Start Butterflies Big and Small

What is a context clue?

• Clues that readers use to find the meaning of unknown words.

• Clues that readers use to figure out the setting.

• Clues that readers use to figure out the character's names.

• Clues that readers use to find out the theme of the story.

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4A

CCSS.RF.5.4C

What can you use as context clues?

• Pictures

• Words you know

• Examples and definitions

• All of the above

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CCSS.L.5.4A

CCSS.RF.5.4C

What type of context clues use similar words to help with the meaning of an unknown word?

• Antonyms

• Synonyms

• Examples

• HDefinitions

Telling what a word means within the sentence is an example of what type of context clue?

• Antonym

• Synonym

• Example

• Definition

Comparing something opposite is using what type of clues?

• Antonyms

• Synonyms

• Examples

• Definitions

Violence, whether it is hitting, kicking, or punching, is not tolerated at school.
This uses which type of context clue?

• Antonym
• Synonym
• Example
• Definition

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CCSS.L.4.4A

CCSS.L.5.5C

CCSS.L.5.4A

CCSS.L.4.5C

CCSS.L.3.4A

Butterflies are cold-blooded insects. They are hot when the weather is hot and cold when the weather is cold. As a result, both butterflies migrate to stay warm. What is the meaning of the underlined word?

• Cold-blooded means to be an insect.

• Cold-blooded means migrating to warm places.

• Cold-blooded means are insects.

• Cold-blooded means to have a body temperature close to that of its environment.

The Western Pygmy Blue drinks the nectar of many kinds of flowers. It finds the sweet, thick liquid easily, so it's population has steadily grown. What is the meaning of the underlined word?

• many kinds of flowers

• a sweet liquid given off by plants

• finds easily

• Western Pygmy Blue

MOVING AROUND Almost all butterflies migrate, or move to different areas. The Monarch's journey is the longest migration of any butterfly in the world. It spends summers in the northern United States and Canada. Then it migrates south to Mexico in early fall. Many Monarch's travel more than 3,000 miles. Which words give clues to the meaning of the word migrate? (select 3 answers)

• travel more than 3,000 miles

• northern United States and Canada

• move to different areas

• journey

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 or paragraph to determine what the word means. What is this strategy known as?

• text messaging

• content origins

• context clues

• scanning