South Dakota ELA 1.L.4

1.L.4 is a cluster heading. These are the individual standards under it.

• 1.L.4.b

  Use frequently occurring affixes to determine the meaning of a word.

01

What Students Need to Do

Students use words around an unfamiliar word to work out its meaning. They use parts like un- and -ed to help, and recognize the same base word in look, looks, and looked.

02

What Mastery Looks Like

A student uses a sentence to tell whether bat means an animal or sports equipment. They explain that unhappy means not happy and that looked is something someone did before.

03

Common Misconceptions

Students may pick the first meaning of a word they know, even when it does not fit the sentence. They may think looked is a new word unrelated to look, or confuse un- with re-.

04

How to Assess It

Exit ticket: Read “The dog barked at the cat” and “The tree has rough bark.” Explain bark in each sentence, circle look in looked, tell what -ed means, and define unhappy.

1. 01

   Give pairs letter tiles to build look, looks, looked, and looking, then have them point to look in each word.

2. 02

   Read “The bat flew at night” and “She hit the ball with a bat”; ask which meaning fits each sentence and why.

3. 03

   Play a matching game with happy, unhappy, do, redo, look, and looked cards; students pair words and explain what changed.

4. 04

   Write “Please reread the directions” on the board; ask what reread means, then have students reread their worksheet directions.

• 3.L.4

  Determine or clarify the meaning and origin of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases based on grade 3 reading and content, using flexible strategies.

• 2.L.4

  Determine the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases based on grade 2 reading and content using flexible strategies.