Aligned Standard

ELA.EE.L.3.5.a: Determine the literal meaning of words and phrases in context.

Grade Level Standard

This is aligned the following California State Standards:

  • L.3.5 - Demonstrate understanding of word relationships and nuances in word meanings. a. Distinguish the literal and non-literal meanings of words and phrases in context (e.g., take steps). b. Identify real-life connections between words and their use (e.g., describe people who are friendly or helpful). c. Distinguish shades of meaning among related words that describe states of mind or degrees of certainty (e.g., knew, believed, suspected, heard, wondered).

Linkage Level Descriptions

Initial Precursor

When provided with language cues, the student can pay attention to the entire object, a characteristic of the object, or an action the object can perform.

Distal Precursor

When presented with familiar and unfamiliar representations of people, objects, places, and events, the student can correctly identify the familiar representations.

Proximal Precursor

The student can make judgments about pairs of words with similar or different meanings.

Target

After reading or hearing a sentence, the student can determine the literal meaning of words and phrases using the surrounding context.

Successor

When given a sentence from the text with a missing word, the student can provide a word from the text or a similar-meaning word to complete the sentence.