Virginia SOL 1.RV.1.A

ELA1st GradeReading and Vocabulary

The Standard

Discuss meanings of words in context from a variety of texts.

Virginia Standards of Learning for English

Teacher's field guide

What Students Need to Do: Students use surrounding words, sentences, and pictures to work out a likely word meaning. They discuss their ideas using stories, poems, and informational texts.
What Mastery Looks Like: A student gives a meaning that fits the sentence or passage and points to a useful clue. The student can revise an answer when another clue changes the meaning.
Common Misconceptions: Students may guess from the first letter, choose a familiar meaning that does not fit, or rely only on the picture. They may repeat the sentence instead of explaining the word.
How to Assess It: Read, “The puppy was famished, so it gobbled every bite of food.” Ask, “What does famished mean, and which words helped you?”

Lesson moves

Give pairs a picture book and sticky notes; have them mark one unfamiliar word, use nearby clues, and draw its meaning.
Read a short passage aloud, then ask, “What could enormous mean here, and what in the passage supports your idea?”
Play Context Clue Match: teams pair sentence cards with meaning cards, then earn a point by naming the clue.
Show a cafeteria menu or school sign with one unfamiliar word, and have students explain its meaning using nearby words and pictures.

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