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R1 — Context Clues
Directions: Read the highlighted sentence. Use clue words from the passage to decide what the word exhibit means.
The Museum TripMs. Park's class library · Grade 3 set · level M
On Friday, Maya's class rode the bus to the natural history museum. The driver pulled up to the tall stone steps just before ten o'clock.
Inside, they walked into a long, cool hall. The first exhibit was a whale skeleton that hung from the ceiling on thin wires. Maya tilted her head all the way back to see the whole thing. It was longer than her school bus.
Next, they entered a quiet room full of butterflies pinned behind glass. Some were as small as a penny. Others were wider than her hand. Maya pulled out her notebook and sketched a bright blue one called a morpho. She wanted to remember it forever.
What does the word exhibit mean in this passage?
Evidence clue: The first exhibit was a whale skeleton that hung from the ceiling on thin wires.
A loud sound
A display you can look at
A school bus stop
A kind of butterfly
Sentence frame: I think exhibit means ___ because the text says ___.
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