LS.CCS.4/5/6 Grades 3-12: Students are asked to determine the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words through multiple choice vocabulary quizzes. Quizzes are designed to help students demonstrate understanding of figurative language, word relationships and nuances in words, acquire and use accurately grade-appropriate general academic and domain-specific words, and gather vocabulary knowledge when considering a word or phrase important to comprehension or expression. Students are then asked to find the words within the newspaper and copy the sentence for context to its overall meaning or function in a sentence.
Words in the News Quiz
5 Elementary Words
Click on the correct answer in the quiz below.
Then see if you can find the word in your newspaper -- the print edition, the website or the digital edition and copy the sentence for context. NOTE: High School words are much harder to find!
1. brackish
► The throwing back by a body or surface of light, heat, or sound without absorbing it
► The brink of a dangerous situation.
► To make sure or certain of something (usually some future event or condition).
► Salty or slightly salty, as a mixture of fresh and sea water, such as that found in estuaries
2. dispel
► To relate a story or series of events by speech or writing.
► To make clear; to free from obscurities; to brighten or illuminate.
► To drive away by scattering, or so to cause to vanish.
3. significance
► To send someone away and forbid that person from returning.
► The extent to which something matters; importance
► An attempt to deceive someone into believing that one can or will do something.
4. obstacles
► Something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress
► To identify by or divide into classes; to categorize.
► To hear a conversation one is not intended to hear; to listen in.
► The state of being serene; calmness; peacefulness.
5. foresight
► The ability to foresee or prepare wisely for the future.
► To overpower; to subdue; to put down.
► The system of production and distribution and consumption.
► A movement or series of moves requiring skill and care
Additional resources
Colorado NIE Weekly lessons
Colorado NIE Youth Content
- Colorado Kids Wordbank
- Colorado Kids Assessment Test
- Colorado Kids Web Links
- Become a Youth Reporter
- Kid Scoop
- Mini Page
Lessons & Classroom Activities
- Cartoons for the Classroom
- Front Page Talking Points
- This Week in History
- News Video
- News Quiz
- Daily Science Webcasts
- Geography in the News quiz
- NASA Space Place
Resources by grade level