NY Next Generation ELA 2L4

ELA2nd GradeVocabulary Acquisition and Use

Standard Cluster

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

New York State Next Generation English Language Arts Learning Standards

Cluster contents

2L4 is a cluster heading. These are the individual standards under it.

Teacher's field guide

What Students Need to Do: Students choose among several strategies to determine an unfamiliar or multiple-meaning word. They use sentence context, prefixes, roots, compound parts, and a glossary or beginning dictionary.
What Mastery Looks Like: A student selects a strategy that fits the word and explains the clue it provides. The student combines clues when needed and checks that the meaning fits the sentence.
Common Misconceptions: Students may use the same strategy for every word or stop after one weak clue. They may copy a dictionary definition without choosing the meaning that fits the text.
How to Assess It: Give students three unfamiliar words in sentences. Ask them to choose and label a strategy for each, state the meaning, and explain how they checked it.

Lesson moves

Set up stations for context, prefixes, roots, compounds, and glossaries; students solve one word at each station.
Ask, ‘Which strategy gives the strongest clue for this word, and what second clue could confirm it?’
Play Strategy Spin, using a spinner to test different word-solving methods and reject clues that do not fit.
Decode unfamiliar words on a museum brochure using compound parts, context, and its glossary.

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