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


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Determine the meaning of the new word formed when a known affix is added to a known word.

Clarifications:

Essential Understandings

  • Identify common inflectional endings in words (“Find the words that mean more than one,” i.e., have an -s or -es at the end).
  • Identify the meanings of the most common suffixes and the most common prefixes.
  • Identify an affix or inflectional ending for a frequently occurring word.
  • Identify the meanings of common inflections and affixes.
  • Identify an unknown word by the known word and known affix (happy and unhappy).

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

Related Standards

Name Description
LAFS.3.L.3.4: Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning word and phrases based on grade 3 reading and content, choosing flexibly from a range of strategies.
  1. Use sentence-level context as a clue to the meaning of a word or phrase.
  2. Determine the meaning of the new word formed when a known affix is added to a known word (e.g., agreeable/disagreeable, comfortable/uncomfortable, care/careless, heat/preheat).
  3. Use a known root word as a clue to the meaning of an unknown word with the same root (e.g., company, companion).
  4. Use glossaries or beginning dictionaries, both print and digital, to determine or clarify the precise meaning of key words and phrases.



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5010060: Integrated Language Arts-Elementary
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