A Box of Colors
by RV staff writer
Students will read a passage about the invention of crayons. Then students will answer questions about main idea and details, author’s purpose, making inferences, and cause and effect.
Reading Comprehension Passage
A Box of Colors
by RV staff writer
Reading Comprehension Questions
Vocabulary List
Vocabulary List
Each of the vocabulary words below are used in the reading passage. As you read the passage, pay attention to context clues that suggest the word’s meaning.
- supply
- products
- toxic
- create
- improve
Context Clues
Context Clues
Using context clues from the sentences in the passage, underline the correct meaning of the word in boldface.
1. "What common art supply can be found in almost any school in America?"
a. materials or equipment b. teacher c. show d. meeting group
2. "One of their early products was red barn paint."
a. vegetables b. math answers c. ideas d. items for sale, goods
3. "Many of these color sticks had toxic, or harmful, things in them"
a. waxy b. harmful, poisonous c. colorful d. beautiful
4. "Now children everywhere could create colorful art."
a. buy b. sell c. make, invent d. look at, observe
5. " the two partners continued to find ways to improve crayons."
a. melt, break, destroy b. add c. receive d. make better