Aligned Standard

ELA.EE.RL.5.4: Determine the intended meaning of multi-meaning words in a text.

Grade Level Standard

This is aligned the following California State Standards:

  • RL.5.4 - Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative language such as metaphors and similes. (See grade 5 Language standards 4-6 for additional expectations.) CA

Linkage Level Descriptions

Initial Precursor

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

Distal Precursor

When the student is given a descriptive or familiar word, the student can demonstrate prior knowledge of the word.

Proximal Precursor

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

Target

The student can identify a singular meaning of a multiple-meaning word using contextual and textual clues.

Successor

The student can identify more than one meaning of a multiple-meaning word when given limited examples that contain the word.