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


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Use context to determine the meaning of unknown or multiple-meaning words, or words showing shades of meaning.

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

Related Standards

Name Description
LAFS.4.L.3.4: Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases based on grade 4 reading and content, choosing flexibly from a range of strategies.
  1. Use context (e.g., definitions, examples, or restatements in text) as a clue to the meaning of a word or phrase.
  2. Use common, grade-appropriate Greek and Latin affixes and roots as clues to the meaning of a word (e.g., telegraph, photograph, autograph).
  3. Consult reference materials (e.g., dictionaries, glossaries, thesauruses), both print and digital, to find the pronunciation and determine or clarify the precise meaning of key words and phrases.



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