Language Arts Standard 6

Vocabulary-Students learn and use grade level vocabulary to increase understanding and read fluently.

Objective 1

Learn new words through listening and reading widely.

1. Use new vocabulary learned by listening, reading, and discussing a variety of genres.
2. Learn the meaning and properly use a variety of grade level words (e.g., words from literature, social studies, science, math).

Objective 2

Use multiple resources to learn new words by relating them to known words and/or concepts.

1. Use multiple resources to determine the meanings of unknown words (e.g., simple dictionaries, glossaries, beginning thesauruses).
2. Relate unfamiliar words and concept to prior knowledge to increase vocabulary (e.g., rotation: planets, spinner, taking turns).

Objective 3

Use structural analysis and context clues to determine meanings of words.

1. Identify meanings of words using prefixes and suffixes.
2. Use context to determine the meaning of unknown key words (e.g., The ferocious dog growled at the children.).
3. Use context to determine the meanings of synonyms, antonyms, homonyms (e.g., blue, blew) and multiple-meaning words (e.g., light).