CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.2.4 - Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases based on grade 2 reading and content, choosing flexibly from an array of strategies.

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.2.4.a - Use sentence-level context as a clue to the meaning of a word or phrase.

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.2.4.b - Determine the meaning of the new word formed when a known prefix is added to a known word (e.g., happy/unhappy, tell/retell).

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.2.4.c - Use a known root word as a clue to the meaning of an unknown word with the same root (e.g., addition, additional).

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.2.4.d - Use knowledge of the meaning of individual words to predict the meaning of compound words (e.g., birdhouse, lighthouse, housefly; bookshelf, notebook, bookmark).

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.2.4.e - Use glossaries and beginning dictionaries, both print and digital, to determine or clarify the meaning of words and phrases.

 
Authors: National Governors Association Center for Best Practices, Council of Chief State School Officers

Title: CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.2.4 Determine Or Clarify The Meaning Of Unknown And Multiple-meaning Words... Language - 2nd Grade English Language Arts Common Core State Standards

Publisher: National Governors Association Center for Best Practices, Council of Chief State School Officers, Washington D.C.

Copyright Date: 2010

(Page last edited 10/08/2017)

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