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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.
General Information
Number: LAFS.4.L.3.AP.4a
Category: Access Points
Date Adopted or Revised:
06/14
Cluster:
Vocabulary Acquisition and Use
Related Standards
This access point is an alternate version of the following benchmark(s).
Related Courses
This access point is part of these courses.
5010010: English for Speakers of Other Languages-Elementary
5010020: Basic Skills in Reading-K-2
5010030: Functional Basic Skills in Communications-Elementary
5010050: Reading-Elementary
5010060: Integrated Language Arts-Elementary
5010045: Language Arts - Grade Four
7710015: Access Language Arts - Grade 4
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