NY Next Generation ELA 1L4.c

ELA1st GradeDetermine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases, choosing flexibly from an array of strategies.

The Standard

Identify frequently occurring root words (e.g., look) and their inflectional forms (e.g., looks, looked, looking).

New York State Next Generation English Language Arts Learning Standards

Teacher's field guide

What Students Need to Do: Students identify a familiar root word inside related forms such as looks, looked, and looking. They use the shared root and changing endings to understand how the words are connected.
What Mastery Looks Like: A student can group common inflected forms under the correct root. The student explains what stays the same in meaning and what the ending changes.
Common Misconceptions: Students may treat every changed ending as a completely new word. They may remove letters that belong to the root or call the ending the root.
How to Assess It: Give students play, plays, played, and playing. Ask them to mark the root, identify each ending, and explain how the forms are related.

Lesson moves

Build a word-family tree with a root card at the trunk and inflected forms on movable branches.
Ask, ‘What stays the same in jump, jumps, jumped, and jumping, and what changes?’
Play Root Family Sort by grouping mixed inflected forms beneath their shared root words.
Collect action words from a class schedule and create past, present, or ongoing forms for each.

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