Access Point #: LAFS.2.L.3.AP.4b (Archived Access Point)


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Use knowledge of the meaning of individual words to predict the meaning of compound words.

Clarifications:

Essential Understandings

  • Identify each word in a compound word (e.g., barnyard – barn/yard).
  • Define each of the root words in a compound word.

Number: LAFS.2.L.3.AP.4b Category: Access Points
Date Adopted or Revised: 06/14 Cluster: Vocabulary Acquisition and Use

Related Standards

Name Description
LAFS.2.L.3.4: Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases based on grade 2 reading and content, choosing flexibly from an array of strategies.
  1. Use sentence-level context as a clue to the meaning of a word or phrase.
  2. Determine the meaning of the new word formed when a known prefix is added to a known word (e.g., happy/unhappy, tell/retell).
  3. Use a known root word as a clue to the meaning of an unknown word with the same root (e.g., addition, additional).
  4. Use knowledge of the meaning of individual words to predict the meaning of compound words (e.g., birdhouse, lighthouse, housefly; bookshelf, notebook, bookmark).
  5. Use glossaries and beginning dictionaries, both print and digital, to determine or clarify the meaning of words and phrases.



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5010010: English for Speakers of Other Languages-Elementary
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5010030: Functional Basic Skills in Communications-Elementary
5010050: Reading-Elementary
5010060: Integrated Language Arts-Elementary
5010043: Language Arts - Grade Two
7710013: Access Language Arts - Grade 2