LAFS.3.RI.2.4Archived Standard

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Determine the meaning of general academic and domain-specific words and phrases in a text relevant to a grade 3 topic or subject area.
General Information
Subject Area: English Language Arts
Grade: 3
Strand: Reading Standards for Informational Text
Idea: Level 2: Basic Application of Skills & Concepts
Cluster: Craft and Structure
Date Adopted or Revised: 12/10
Content Complexity Rating: Level 2: Basic Application of Skills & Concepts - More Information
Date of Last Rating: 02/14
Status: State Board Approved - Archived
Assessed: Yes
Test Item Specifications
  • Item Type(s): This benchmark may be assessed using: EBSR , MS , ST , MC item(s)
    • Assessed with: LAFS.3.L.2.3, LAFS.3.L.3.4, LAFS.3.L.3.5
    Also assesses: LAFS,3,RF.3.3 and LAFS.3.RF.4.4
  • Assessment Limits :
    Items may ask the student to use the text to determine the meanings of general academic and domain-specific words and phrases using context, affixes, or root words as clues. Items should ask the student to consider literal and nonliteral meanings of words. Items may also ask the student to determine the meaning of unknown words and phrases or words and phrases with multiple meanings. The student may also have to demonstrate an understanding of the relationships between words and nuances of meaning. Items may ask the student to choose words or phrases for effect. Items should focus on words and phrases that are central to the meaning of the text. Items should not exclusively ask the student to determine the meanings of basic, everyday words and phrases that commonly appear in spoken language.
  • Text Types :
    The items assessing these standards may be used with one or more grade-appropriate informational texts. Texts may vary in complexity.
  • Response Mechanisms :
    The Enhanced Item Descriptions section on page 3 provides a list of Response Mechanisms that may be used to assess this standard (excluding the Editing Task Choice item type). The Sample Response Mechanisms may include, but are not limited to, the examples below.
  • Task Demand and Sample Response Mechanisms :
    Task Demand

    Use context as a clue to the meaning of a word or phrase.

    Sample Response Mechanisms

    Selectable Text 

    • Requires the student to select words or phrases from the text that show the meaning of words used in the text. 
    • Requires the student to correctly identify the meaning of a word or phrase and then to select words or phrases from the text that provide clues to the meaning of that word.
     Multiple Choice 
    • Requires the student to select the meaning of a word or phrase used in the text. 
    EBSR 
    • Requires the student to select the meaning of a word or phrase and to select words or phrases from the text that support the correct meaning. 
    Multiselect 
    • Requires the student to select words, phrases, or direct quotations that show the meaning of words used in the text.
    Task Demand

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

    Sample Response Mechanisms

    Multiple Choice 

    • Requires the student to select the meaning of a word used in the text that has an affix.
    Multiselect 
    • Requires the student to select an affix that shows the meaning of words used in the text.
    Task Demand

    Use a known root word as a clue to the meaning of an unknown word with the same root.

    Sample Response Mechanisms

    Multiple Choice 

    • Requires the student to select the meaning of a word from the text by using a known root word as a clue. 
    Multiselect 
    • Requires the student to select a root word that shows the meaning of words used in the text.
    Task Demand

    Distinguish the literal and nonliteral meanings of words and phrases in context.

    Sample Response Mechanisms

    Multiple Choice 

    • Requires the student to select the correct meaning of literal and nonliteral words and phrases based on the text. 
    Selectable Text 
    • Requires the student to select the correct meaning of literal or nonliteral words or phrases and then to select words or phrases from the text to support the meaning.

     Task Demand

    Distinguish shades of meaning among related words that describe states of mind or degrees of certainty.

    Sample Response Mechanisms

    Selectable Text 

    • Requires the student to select the correct word from a list of words that are related and then to select words or phrases from the text that support the answer. 
    Multiple Choice 
    • Requires the student to select the correct word from a list of words that are related. 
    Task Demand

    Choose words or phrases for effect.

    Sample Response Mechanisms

    Selectable Text 

    • Requires the student to select the correct word or phrase for a desired effect and then to select words or phrases from the text that support the answer.
     Multiple Choice 
    • Requires the student to select the correct word from a list of words for a desired effect.

Related Courses

This benchmark is part of these courses.
5020040: Science - Grade Three (Specifically in versions: 2014 - 2015, 2015 - 2022, 2022 and beyond (current))
5010010: English for Speakers of Other Languages-Elementary (Specifically in versions: 2014 - 2015, 2015 - 2022 (course terminated))
5010020: Basic Skills in Reading-K-2 (Specifically in versions: 2014 - 2015, 2015 - 2021, 2021 and beyond (current))
5010030: Functional Basic Skills in Communications-Elementary (Specifically in versions: 2014 - 2015, 2015 - 2022, 2022 and beyond (current))
5013010: Elementary Chorus (Specifically in versions: 2014 - 2015, 2015 - 2022, 2022 and beyond (current))
5013020: Elementary Band (Specifically in versions: 2014 - 2015, 2015 - 2022, 2022 and beyond (current))
5013030: Elementary Orchestra (Specifically in versions: 2014 - 2015, 2015 - 2022, 2022 and beyond (current))
5021050: Social Studies Grade 3 (Specifically in versions: 2014 - 2015, 2015 - 2022, 2022 - 2023, 2023 and beyond (current))
5010044: Language Arts - Grade Three (Specifically in versions: 2014 - 2015, 2015 - 2022, 2022 and beyond (current))
7720040: Access Science Grade 3 (Specifically in versions: 2014 - 2015, 2015 - 2018, 2018 - 2023, 2023 and beyond (current))
7710014: Access Language Arts - Grade 3 (Specifically in versions: 2014 - 2015, 2015 - 2018, 2018 - 2022, 2022 and beyond (current))
7721014: Access Social Studies - Grade 3 (Specifically in versions: 2014 - 2015, 2015 - 2018, 2018 - 2023, 2023 and beyond (current))
5013035: Elementary Special Ensemble (Specifically in versions: 2014 - 2015, 2015 - 2022, 2022 and beyond (current))
5011030: Library Skills/Information Literacy Grade 3 (Specifically in versions: 2016 - 2022, 2022 - 2023, 2023 and beyond (current))
5010103: Introduction to Debate Grade 3 (Specifically in versions: 2020 - 2022, 2022 and beyond (current))

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