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Academic Words and Phrases

3rd Grade

Alabama Course of Study Standards: 16

Use knowledge of grade-level academic and domain-specific vocabulary to gain meaning from text.

Arizona - K-12 Academic Standards: 3.RI.4

North Carolina - Standard Course of Study: RI.3.4

Determine the meaning of general academic and domain-specific words and phrases in a text relevant to a grade 3 topic or subject area.

California Common Core State Standards: RI.3.4

Determine the meaning of general academic and domain-specific words and phrases in a text relevant to a grade 3 topic or subject area. (See grade 3 Language standards 4–6 for additional expectations.)

Common Core State Standards: Literacy.RI.3.4

Georgia Standards of Excellence (GSE): ELAGSE3RI4

Determine the meaning of general academic and domain-specific words and phrases in a text relevant to a grade 3 topic or subject area.

Massachusetts Curriculum Frameworks: RI.3.4

Determine the meaning of general academic and domain-specific words and phrases in a text relevant to a grade 3 topic or subject area. (See grade 3 Language Standards 4–6 on applying knowledge of vocabulary to reading.)

Tennessee Academic Standards: 3.RI.CS.4

Determine the meaning of words and phrases in a text relevant to a grade 3 topic or subject area.

Pennsylvania Core Standards: CC.1.2.3.F

Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in grade-level text, distinguishing literal from nonliteral meaning as well as shades of meaning among related words.

Pennsylvania Core Standards:      E03.B-V.4.1.1

Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases based on grade 3 reading and content, choosing flexibly from a range of strategies.

a. Use context as a clue to the meaning of a word or phrase.
b. Determine the meaning of the new word formed when a known affix is added to a known word (e.g., agreeable/disagreeable, comfortable/uncomfortable, care/careless, heat/preheat).
c. Use a known root word as a clue to the meaning of an unknown word with the same root (e.g., company, companion).

Pennsylvania Core Standards:      E03.B-V.4.1.2

Demonstrate understanding of word relationships and nuances in word meanings.

a. Distinguish the literal and nonliteral meanings of words and phrases in context (e.g., take steps).
b. Distinguish shades of meaning among related words (e.g., knew, believed, suspected, heard, wondered

Pennsylvania Core Standards: CC.1.2.3.J

Acquire and use accurately grade-appropriate conversational, general academic, and domain-specific words and phrases, including those that signal spatial and temporal relationships

Pennsylvania Core Standards:      E03.B-V.4.1.1

Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases based on grade 3 reading and content, choosing flexibly from a range of strategies.

a. Use context as a clue to the meaning of a word or phrase.
b. Determine the meaning of the new word formed when a known affix is added to a known word (e.g., agreeable/disagreeable, comfortable/uncomfortable, care/careless, heat/preheat).
c. Use a known root word as a clue to the meaning of an unknown word with the same root (e.g., company, companion).

Pennsylvania Core Standards:      E03.B-V.4.1.2

Demonstrate understanding of word relationships and nuances in word meanings.

a. Distinguish the literal and nonliteral meanings of words and phrases in context (e.g., take steps).
b. Distinguish shades of meaning among related words (e.g., knew, believed, suspected, heard, wondered

Pennsylvania Core Standards: CC.1.2.3.K

Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning wordsand phrases based on grade-levelreading and content,choosing flexibly from a range of strategiesand tools.

Pennsylvania Core Standards:      E03.B-V.4.1.1

Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases based on grade 3 reading and content, choosing flexibly from a range of strategies.

a. Use context as a clue to the meaning of a word or phrase.
b. Determine the meaning of the new word formed when a known affix is added to a known word (e.g., agreeable/disagreeable, comfortable/uncomfortable, care/careless, heat/preheat).
c. Use a known root word as a clue to the meaning of an unknown word with the same root (e.g., company, companion).

Pennsylvania Core Standards:      E03.B-V.4.1.2

Demonstrate understanding of word relationships and nuances in word meanings.

a. Distinguish the literal and nonliteral meanings of words and phrases in context (e.g., take steps).
b. Distinguish shades of meaning among related words (e.g., knew, believed, suspected, heard, wondered

Pennsylvania Core Standards: CC.1.3.3.F

Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in grade-level text, distinguishing literal from nonliteral meaning as well as shades of meaning among related words.

Pennsylvania Core Standards:      E03.A-V.4.1.1

Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases based on grade 3 reading and content, choosing flexibly from a range of strategies.

a. Use context as a clue to the meaning of a word or phrase.
b. Determine the meaning of the new word formed when a known affix is added to a known word (e.g., agreeable/disagreeable, comfortable/uncomfortable, care/careless, heat/preheat).
c. Use a known root word as a clue to the meaning of an unknown word with the same root (e.g., company, companion).

Pennsylvania Core Standards:      E03.A-V.4.1.2

Demonstrate understanding of word relationships and nuances in word meanings.

a. Distinguish the literal and nonliteral meanings of words and phrases in context (e.g., take steps).
b. Distinguish shades of meaning among related words (e.g., knew, believed, suspected, heard, wondered

Pennsylvania Core Standards: CC.1.3.3.I

Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases based on grade-level reading and content, choosing flexibly from a range of strategies and tools.

Pennsylvania Core Standards:      E03.A-V.4.1.1

Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases based on grade 3 reading and content, choosing flexibly from a range of strategies.

a. Use context as a clue to the meaning of a word or phrase.
b. Determine the meaning of the new word formed when a known affix is added to a known word (e.g., agreeable/disagreeable, comfortable/uncomfortable, care/careless, heat/preheat).
c. Use a known root word as a clue to the meaning of an unknown word with the same root (e.g., company, companion).

Pennsylvania Core Standards:      E03.A-V.4.1.2

Demonstrate understanding of word relationships and nuances in word meanings.

a. Distinguish the literal and nonliteral meanings of words and phrases in context (e.g., take steps).
b. Distinguish shades of meaning among related words (e.g., knew, believed, suspected, heard, wondered)

Pennsylvania Core Standards: CC.1.3.3.J

Acquire and use accurately grade-appropriate conversational, general academic, and domain-specific words and phrases, including those that signal spatial and temporal relationships

Pennsylvania Core Standards:      E03.A-V.4.1.1

Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases based on grade 3 reading and content, choosing flexibly from a range of strategies.

a. Use context as a clue to the meaning of a word or phrase.
b. Determine the meaning of the new word formed when a known affix is added to a known word (e.g., agreeable/disagreeable, comfortable/uncomfortable, care/careless, heat/preheat).
c. Use a known root word as a clue to the meaning of an unknown word with the same root (e.g., company, companion).

Pennsylvania Core Standards:      E03.A-V.4.1.2

Demonstrate understanding of word relationships and nuances in word meanings.

a. Distinguish the literal and nonliteral meanings of words and phrases in context (e.g., take steps).
b. Distinguish shades of meaning among related words (e.g., knew, believed, suspected, heard, wondered)

3rd Grade Reading - Academic Words and Phrases Lesson
 
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