Access Point #: LAFS.6.L.3.AP.4bArchived 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 the meaning of roots.
General Information
Number: LAFS.6.L.3.AP.4b
Category: Access Points
Date Adopted or Revised: 06/14
Cluster: Vocabulary Acquisition and Use

Related Standards

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1000000: M/J Intensive Language Arts (MC)
1000010: M/J Intensive Reading 1
1000020: M/J Intensive Reading and Career Planning
1001010: M/J Language Arts 1
1001020: M/J Language Arts 1 Advanced
1002000: M/J Language Arts 1 Through ESOL
1002180: M/J English Language Development (MC)
1006000: M/J Journalism 1
1007000: M/J Speech and Debate 1
1008010: M/J Reading 1
1008020: M/J Reading 1, Advanced
1009030: M/J Writing 1
7810011: Access M/J Language Arts 1 
1002181: M/J Developmental Language Arts Through ESOL (Reading)
1007025: M/J Speech and Debate

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