After each paragraph you will be asked to find the definitions, or meanings of the underlined, bold words in the sentence. Use the context clues you have learned about to find the definitions of the words. Underline the context clue in the sentence you find the definition of the word in. The first paragraph has the context clues underlined for you. Properties are special qualities or characteristics that a thing has.
Pencils have properties.
Some of their properties are shape, size, color, and the hardness of the lead inside of them. We can use these properties to identify an object as being a pencil, or not being a pencil. Identify means to name an object by its correct name. Once we have named the objects we have as pencils, we can classify them. Classify means to group objects by properties they have which are the same.