Tested Skills New Skills:Compare and ContrastMultiple Meaning WordsSpiral Skill:Context Clues-Synonyms (same)

When you compare two

things, you tell how they are

alike.

When you contrast two

things, you tell how they are

different.

DIFFERENT DIFFERENTALIKE

Multiple Meaning Words

There was no major damage reported from the strong winds.

serious important

officer program

They checked out our house to assess the damage after the

flood.

marks problems

costs injuries

Smoking can have bad effects on your health.

causes lessons

results ideas

Dr. Doofenshmirtz has created a new weapon that will turn

humans into vapor.

rain mist

gas snow

When Earth’s plates crash, spread, or slide against each

other, it causes faults.

blame split/break

defect responsibility

After a rough day with her students, Mrs. Cleaver

documented their behavior in a notebook.

felt lifted

recorded seen

Superman heaved the building before it fell onto the citizens.

crashed lifted

rested threw

A tadpole is part of the life cycle of a frog.

Would you like to cycle to the park?

What kind of cycle do you ride?

Water seeping into the ground in part of the water cycle.

We need to take the balloons to be filled with helium gas.

We need to stop for gas.

When water turns into vapor, it rises into the

air as a gas.

We ran out of gas in Wilkes-Barre.

If you leave the boiling water on too long the water will evaporate

and you will have to put more water in.

absorb boil

melt vaporize