Virginia SOL 6.RV.1.F
The Standard
Clarify the meaning of an unknown word or select the applicable definition of a word from a text by using word reference materials.
Virginia Standards of Learning for English · Vocabulary Development and Word Analysis
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students use print or digital references to investigate an unfamiliar or multiple-meaning word. They compare the listed meanings with the sentence and choose the best fit.
What Mastery Looks Like
- Students quickly find an entry in a print or digital reference. They select the numbered meaning that fits the sentence and point to context that supports their choice.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may choose the first definition listed without checking the sentence. They may also ignore parts of speech, usage labels, or differences between similar definitions.
How to Assess It
- Exit ticket: In “The hikers rested on the bank beside the river,” use a dictionary to record the matching definition of bank and explain your choice.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Place dictionaries at stations. Students use guide words and entry labels to match five sentence cards with the correct numbered definitions.
Ask students to explain in writing why one dictionary meaning of “draft” fits a sentence and why another does not.
Play a reference race where pairs locate assigned words, record the matching definition, and underline the sentence clue that proves it.
Have students use a medicine label or weather report to look up one unfamiliar word and select the meaning that fits.
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Related Standards
- 1.RV.1.C
Ask for the meaning of unknown words and make connections to familiar words.
- 2.RV.1.C
Determine the meaning of an unknown word using frequently occurring root words and inflectional affixes (e.g. -s, -ing, - ed).
- 6.RV.1.B
Use context and sentence structure to determine multiple meanings of words and clarify the meanings of unfamiliar words and phrases.
- 4.RV.1.I
Use glossaries,beginning dictionaries, and thesauruses, both print and digital, to determine or clarify the meaning of words and phrases.
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