Subject Area - CC.1:
English Language Arts
- Standard Area - CC.1.2: Reading Informational Text: Students read, understand, and respond to informational text – with emphasis on comprehension, making connections among ideas and between texts with focus on textual evidence.
- Grade Level - CC.1.2.3: GRADE 3
Standard - CC.1.2.3.K
Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning word and phrases based on grade-level reading and content; choosing flexibly from a range of strategies and tools.
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Anchor Descriptor - E03.B-V.4.1
Demonstrate understanding of vocabulary and figurative language in informational texts.
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Eligible Content - E03.B-V.4.1.1
Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases based on grade 3 reading and content, choosing flexibly from a range of strategies. a. Use context as a clue to the meaning of a word or phrase. b. Determine the meaning of the new word formed when a known affix is added to a known word (e.g., agreeable/disagreeable, comfortable/uncomfortable, care/careless, heat/preheat). c. Determine the meaning of general academic and domain-specific words and phrases used in a text. d. Use a known root word as a clue to the meaning of an unknown word with the same root (e.g., company, companion).