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Selected Response Item for Grade 5

Standard 1.0 General Reading Processes

Topic D. Vocabulary
Students will use a variety of strategies and opportunities to understand word meaning and to increase vocabulary.

Indicator 3. Understand, acquire, and use new vocabulary

Objective a. Use context to determine the meanings of words

Assessment limits:

  • Above grade-level words used in context
  • Words with multiple meanings
As you read each sentence, use the other words in the sentence to help you figure out what the underlined word means. Then mark the space for the answer you have chosen.

The crowd was jubilant when the team won the championship.

Jubilant means —

  1. calm
  2. curious
  3. polite
  4. thrilled

Correct Answer
D. thrilled
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