Access Point #: LAFS.6.L.3.AP.4a (Archived Access Point)


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Use context (e.g., the overall meaning of a sentence, paragraph or text; a word’s position in a sentence) to determine the meaning of unknown or multiple-meaning words.

Clarifications:

Essential Understandings

  • Recall the meaning of frequently used nouns.
  • Identify multiple meaning words up to two grade levels below the student’s grade level.
  • Identify the context in which the unknown word is being used by looking at the text before and after it.
  • List the possible meanings of an unknown word by using the context (words surrounding the unknown word).
  • Use a dictionary to verify the meaning guessed by using the surrounding words.

Number: LAFS.6.L.3.AP.4a Category: Access Points
Date Adopted or Revised: 06/14 Cluster: Vocabulary Acquisition and Use

Related Standards

Name Description
LAFS.6.L.3.4: Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases based on grade 6 reading and content, choosing flexibly from a range of strategies.
  1. Use context (e.g., the overall meaning of a sentence or paragraph; a word’s position or function in a sentence) as a clue to the meaning of a word or phrase.
  2. Use common, grade-appropriate Greek or Latin affixes and roots as clues to the meaning of a word (e.g., audience, auditory, audible).
  3. Consult reference materials (e.g., dictionaries, glossaries, thesauruses), both print and digital, to find the pronunciation of a word or determine or clarify its precise meaning or its part of speech.
  4. Verify the preliminary determination of the meaning of a word or phrase (e.g., by checking the inferred meaning in context or in a dictionary).



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