Georgia 3.L.V.3.a
The Standard
Use context (e.g., images and graphs) within and beyond a sentence to determine or clarify the meaning of unknown words and multiple-meaning words and phrases. (I)
Georgia's K-12 English Language Arts Standards · Language (L) · Vocabulary
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students use nearby words, surrounding sentences, images, captions, and graphs to figure out unfamiliar words. They also decide which meaning of a multiple-meaning word fits the passage.
What Mastery Looks Like
- Students choose a meaning that makes sense in the full passage. They point to specific words, images, captions, or graph details that confirm the meaning.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may choose the most familiar meaning instead of the meaning that fits the passage. They may look only at the sentence and ignore nearby sentences, captions, images, or graphs.
How to Assess It
- Give students a short paragraph with an image and underline one multiple-meaning word. Ask them to write its meaning and name two clues that support their answer.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Place photo cards beside sentences with unknown words, then have pairs match each photo to the sentence meaning and explain their evidence.
Ask students, “What does bright mean in each sentence, and which nearby clue helped you decide?”
Play Context Clue Detective with short passages, clue cards, and multiple-meaning words; students earn points by citing two useful clues.
Give students a weather graph and forecast paragraph, then ask them to determine the meaning of rise using evidence from both.
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