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Common Core State Standard
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.
This Week's Word In The News 

CANVASS

DEFINITION:
A systematic approach to interviewing residents, merchants, and others who are in the immediate vicinity of a crime and may have useful information.

FOUND IN THE NEWS:
In a press release, police said Lewisville Fire Department officials pronounced the man deceased on the scene. Police started a homicide investigation immediately, and canvassed the area in search of witnesses.
The Denton Record-Chronicle, 09/14/2026

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. frequency

The rate of occurrence of anything; the relationship between incidence and time period.

Progress toward a goal.

To finish successfully

Allowing light to pass through but diffusing it


2. economy

Allowing light to pass through but diffusing it

The source or reason of an event or action

The system of production and distribution and consumption.

The smaller number or part, esp. a number that is less than half the whole number


3. establish

To make stable or firm; to confirm.

A mixture of various ingredients or elements.

To notice or view, especially carefully or with attention to detail.

The dividing line or location between two areas.


4. reduce

To cause to float easily or gently through the air

To bring down the size, quantity, value or intensity of something; to diminish, to lower, to impair.

A particular geographic region.

Representation of a concept through symbols or underlying meanings of objects or qualities.


5. pertinent

Representation of a concept through symbols or underlying meanings of objects or qualities.

The power to affect, control or manipulate something or someone; the ability to change the development of fluctuating things such as conduct, thoughts or decisions.

The result or outcome of a cause.

Important with regards to (a subject or matter); relevant


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