Access Point #: LAFS.3.L.3.AP.5c (Archived Access Point)


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Use newly acquired words in real-life context.

Clarifications:

Essential Understandings

  • Using a dictionary, find all the possible meanings of an unknown new word.
  • From a given list of meanings, match a word to its literal meaning.
  • From a given list, match a word to its nonliteral meaning.
  • Explain how a nonliteral meaning of a word is being used.
  • Describe new words in real-life connections.

Number: LAFS.3.L.3.AP.5c Category: Access Points
Date Adopted or Revised: 06/14 Cluster: Vocabulary Acquisition and Use

Related Standards

Name Description
LAFS.3.L.3.5: Demonstrate understanding of word relationships and nuances in word meanings.
  1. Distinguish the literal and nonliteral meanings of words and phrases in context (e.g., take steps).
  2. Identify real-life connections between words and their use (e.g., describe people who are friendly or helpful).
  3. Distinguish shades of meaning among related words that describe states of mind or degrees of certainty (e.g., knew, believed, suspected, heard, wondered).



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