Aligned Standard

ELA.EE.RL.4.4: Determine the meaning of words in a text.

Grade Level Standard

This is aligned the following California State Standards:

  • RL.4.4 - Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including those that allude to significant characters found in mythology (e.g., Herculean). (See grade 4 Language standards 4-6 for additional expectations.) CA

Linkage Level Descriptions

Initial Precursor

The student can demonstrate an understanding of object names by correctly identifying an object or person.

Distal Precursor

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

Proximal Precursor

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.

Target

When given an unfamiliar word that has only one meaning, the student can use textual and contextual clues in order to determine the word's meaning. 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.

Successor

The student can provide more than one meaning, or an atypical meaning, for a multi-meaning word by using contextual and textual clues.