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. current
► Existing or occurring at the moment.
► Salty or slightly salty, as a mixture of fresh and sea water, such as that found in estuaries
► To drive away by scattering, or so to cause to vanish.
► Dark or dreary in character; joyless, and grim.
2. scarcity
► Dark or dreary in character; joyless, and grim.
► An inadequate amount of something; a shortage
3. source
► The person, place or thing from which something (information, goods, etc.) comes or is acquired.
► The act of exasperating or the state of being exasperated; irritation; keen or bitter anger.
► Paying attention; noticing, watching, listening, or attending closely.
► Explain the meaning of (information, words, or actions)
4. construct
► Paying attention; noticing, watching, listening, or attending closely.
► Explain the meaning of (information, words, or actions)
► The force or energy of a collision of two objects.
► To build or form something by assembling parts.
5. counter
► A great amount or number, often of people.
► The source or reason of an event or action
► A long flat-topped fixture in a store or bank across which business is conducted with customers.
► To sink or fall to the bottom; to settle
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