Standard 4: Vocabulary

Students will expand their working vocabularies to effectively communicate and understand texts.

READING: Students will expand academic, domain-appropriate, grade-level vocabularies through reading, word study, and class discussion.

Understanding 

Objectives 

Approaching 

 9.4.R.1

Students will continue to acquire knowledge of academic, domain-appropriate, grade-level vocabulary to infer the meaning of grade-level text.

9.4.R.1

Students will increase knowledge of academic, domain-appropriate, grade-level vocabulary to infer the meaning of grade-level text.

Developing 

9.4.R.1

 Students continue to acquire knowledge of academic, domain-appropriate, approaching grade-level vocabulary to infer the meaning of approaching grade-level text.

9.4.R.1

  Students continue to acquire knowledge of academic, domain-appropriate, below grade-level vocabulary to infer the meaning of below grade-level text.

9.4.R.2

Students dissect words into word parts (i.e., affixes, Greek and Latin roots, stems) of increasingly complex words with guidance.

9.4.R.2

Students use affixes, Greek and Latin roots, stems to define the meaning of increasingly complex words.

9.4.R.2

Students use affixes, Greek and Latin roots, stems to define and determine the meaning of  increasingly complex words and add new words to their vocabulary.

9.4.R.2 

Students will use word parts (e.g., affixes, Greek and Latin roots, stems) to define and determine the meaning of increasingly complex words.

9.4.R.3 

 Students will use context clues to determine or clarify the meaning of words or distinguish among multiple-meaning words with guidance and support.

9.4.R.3 

 Students will use context clues to determine or clarify the meaning of words or distinguish among multiple-meaning words.

9.4.R.3  

Students will use context clues to determine or clarify the meaning of words or distinguish among multiple-meaning words and new words to their vocabulary.

9.4.R.3 

 Students will use context clues to determine or clarify the meaning of words or distinguish among multiple-meaning words.

9.4.R.4

 Students will recognize relationships among words with multiple meanings.

9.4.R.4 

Students will explain relationships among words with multiple meanings, and recognize the connotation and denotation of words with teachers or peer support.

9.4.R.4 

 Students will analyze the relationships among words with multiple meanings and recognize the connotation and denotation of words.

9.4.R.4 

 Students will analyze the relationships among words with multiple meanings and recognize the connotation and denotation of words.

9.4.R.5 

Students will use a dictionary, glossary, or a thesaurus (print and/or electronic) to determine or clarify the meanings, syllabication, pronunciation, synonyms, parts of speech and etymology of words.

9.4.R.5 

Students will use a dictionary, glossary, or a thesaurus (print and/or electronic) to determine or clarify the meanings, syllabication, pronunciation, synonyms, parts of speech, and etymology of words or phrases with guidance and support.

9.4.R.5 

 Students will use a dictionary, glossary, or a thesaurus (print and/or electronic) to determine or clarify the meanings, syllabication, pronunciation, synonyms, parts of speech, and etymology of words or phrases.

9.4.R.5 

 Students will use a dictionary, glossary, or a thesaurus (print and/or electronic) to determine or clarify the meanings, syllabication, pronunciation, synonyms, parts of speech, and etymology of words or phrases.

 Instructional Guidance 

Use a visual image that is associated with the word.

Use activities and games that will allow students to repeat pronunciation and denotation of words. http://www.vocabulary.co.il/ ,

Provide multiple resources for students to use to look up words. http://www.englishforeveryone.org/Topics/Word-Definition.htm

Oklahoma State Department of Education Building Academic Vocabulary 

Introduce how to use new words in conversation and writing.

Introduce how details in the text may reveal the connotation of a word or words.http://www.fcrr.org/curriculum/PDF/G4-5/45VPartFour.pdf  

Introduce Greek and Latin roots, prefixes and suffixes.https://www.learnthat.org/pages/view/roots.html  

Provide resources for students to use to look up words.

Show word’s relationship to other words. 

Model making inferences about text based on vocabulary words. https://www.readworks.org/rw/passages-academic-vocabulary#!q:/g:346/t:0/f:0/lc:/l:[]/pt:A/features:/

Guide students in analyzing word parts to determine meaning.

Monitor correct usage of the print or digital dictionary, glossary or thesaurus.

Explain meanings of Greek and Latin roots, prefixes and suffixes. 

Deeper

Acquisition 

Provide opportunities for students to use word parts to define increasingly complex words.

Provide opportunities for students to use new words to add to students’ working vocabulary.

Provide opportunities for students to use context clues to analyze the relationship among words with multiple meanings. http://www.majortests.com/sat/sentence-completion.php

Provide multiple opportunities to use new vocabulary words in writing and conversation.

Students could identify keywords in significant works of literature (ie "dream" in the MLK's speech or "liberty" Patrick Henry's speech and write an in-depth word analysis using etymologies,   dictionaries, and other resources. Students could discuss how that word is appropriate and its effect on the piece overall.