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


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Use common grade-appropriate roots and affixes as clues to the meaning of a 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 meaning of the most common suffixes.
  • Identify the meaning of the most common prefixes.
  • Identify an affix or inflectional ending for a frequently occurring word.
  • Identify the meaning of common inflections and affixes.
  • Identify an unknown word by a known word and known affix (happy, unhappy).

Number: LAFS.4.L.3.AP.4b 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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5010010: English for Speakers of Other Languages-Elementary
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5010050: Reading-Elementary
5010060: Integrated Language Arts-Elementary
5010045: Language Arts - Grade Four
7710015: Access Language Arts - Grade 4