Georgia K.L.V.1.b

ELAKindergartenGeneral, Academic, & Specialized Vocabulary

The Standard

Use grade-level general, academic, and specialized vocabulary words and phrases to communicate in a variety of settings. (C)

Georgia's K-12 English Language Arts Standards · Language (L) · Vocabulary

Teacher's field guide

What Students Need to Do: Students learn everyday words, school words such as compare and describe, and topic words from books and class units. They use these words when speaking, drawing, dictating, or writing for different purposes.
What Mastery Looks Like: A student selects a word that fits the topic and uses it in an understandable phrase or sentence. The student uses learned words during partner talk, class discussions, play, and shared writing.
Common Misconceptions: Students may repeat a new word without knowing what it means, or use a related but incorrect word. They may also rely on vague words like thing, stuff, or nice.
How to Assess It: Show a picture connected to a recent unit and provide three learned words. Ask, “Choose one word and use it to tell your partner about the picture.”

Lesson moves

Set up a veterinarian play station with toy animals, bandages, and word cards such as patient, examine, gentle, and healthy.
After a read-aloud, ask, “Which new word best describes the character, and what happened that proves it?”
Play Vocabulary Charades, where children act out learned verbs or adjectives while classmates name each word and use it in a sentence.
Take a school walk and have children use beside, behind, above, and between to describe where they see objects.

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