Vocabulary Strategies
Grade 5 - Grammar - On Level

NameDate
Use context to choose the meaning of "photograph": A photograph helped the historian study the train station as it looked in 1905.
- a picture made with light
- carry from one place to another
- able to be known before it happens
- interrupt or break apart
Which clue helps explain "transport"?
- carry between rooms
- when the water rose
- from farms to the river market
- messages across long distances
Which strategy best helps with "transport"?
- use Greek roots tele and graph
- use the Greek root photo
- use the Latin root port
- use the prefix sub-
What does the word part "sub-" suggest?
- under
- over
- light
- across
What should a reader check if a dictionary gives more than one meaning for "transport"?
- which meaning has the fewest letters
- which meaning is longest
- which meaning is first every time
- which meaning fits the sentence context
Use context to choose the meaning of "supervise": The coach will supervise the project so every group follows safety rules.
- go under water
- watch over or direct
- able to be known before it happens
- carry from one place to another
Which clue helps explain "portable"?
- from farms to the river market
- carry between rooms
- messages across long distances
- when the water rose
Which strategy best helps with "disrupt"?
- use the Latin root rupt
- use context clues
- use the prefix super-
- use the prefix sub-
What does the word part "super-" suggest?
- light
- over
- far
- under
What should a reader check if a dictionary gives more than one meaning for "submerge"?
- which meaning has the fewest letters
- which meaning is first every time
- which meaning is longest
- which meaning fits the sentence context