Multiple-Choice Items:

Choose the best answer for each question.

1.  Which type of word means the same or nearly the same as another word?

1. synonym
2. antonym
3. root word
4. rhyming word

2.  What is the root word of uncomfortable?

1. un
2. comfort
3. for
4. able

3.  Which of these strategies will help you figure out the meaning of a word you don’t know?

1. skip it and read on
2. use the context
3. sound it out
4. break it into syllables

Multiple-Choice Key:

1. A, 2. B, 3. B

Short-Answer Item:

Identify one strategy you could use to help you figure out and understand the meaning of an unknown word. Explain the strategy. Give one example to support your answer.

Short-Answer Scoring Rubric:

Performance Assessment:

Have students choose one of the following activities or assign activities based on students’ abilities:

• Create a poem about communities, using key vocabulary words.
• Compose a song about workers in the community, using vocabulary that describes the workers.
• Pick four pairs of vocabulary words from the lessons. Write a sentence for each pair of words, using the words correctly.
• Pick a word from the list and create a “vocabulary cartoon.” Draw a picture that represents the word and write a sentence that uses the word and goes along with the cartoon.
• Complete an Extending Vocabulary graphic organizer for a word of your choice that is related to communities or community workers.

Performance Assessment Scoring Rubric: