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


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Use a glossary or dictionary to determine the meaning of a word.

Clarifications:

Essential Understandings

  • Sort a given list of words into alphabetical order.
  • Identify the definition when presented with the entire listing of a word from a dictionary.
  • Identify the part of speech of a word when presented with the entire listing of a word from a dictionary.
  • Use the context to help decide which definition (from a list of definitions) is the most appropriate choice.

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

Related Standards

Name Description
LAFS.3.L.3.4: Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning word and phrases based on grade 3 reading and content, choosing flexibly from a range 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 affix is added to a known word (e.g., agreeable/disagreeable, comfortable/uncomfortable, care/careless, heat/preheat).
  3. Use a known root word as a clue to the meaning of an unknown word with the same root (e.g., company, companion).
  4. Use glossaries or beginning dictionaries, both print and digital, to determine or clarify the precise meaning of key words and phrases.



Related Courses

Name Description
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
5010044: Language Arts - Grade Three
7710014: Access Language Arts - Grade 3