Use sentence-level context as a clue to the meaning of a word or phrase.
Standard:
Literacy.L.3.4b
Description:
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).
Standard:
Literacy.L.3.4c
Description:
Use a known root word as a clue to the meaning of an unknown word with the same root (e.g., company, companion).
Standard:
Literacy.L.3.5a
Description:
Distinguish the literal and nonliteral meanings of words and phrases in context (e.g., take steps).
Standard:
Literacy.L.3.5b
Description:
Identify real-life connections between words and their use (e.g., describe people who are friendly or helpful).
Standard:
Literacy.L.3.5c
Description:
Distinguish shades of meaning among related words that describe states of mind or degrees of certainty (e.g., knew, believed, suspected, heard, wondered).
Standard:
Literacy.L.3.6
Description:
Acquire and use accurately grade-appropriate conversational, general academic, and domain-specific words and phrases, including those that signal spatial and temporal relationships (e.g., After dinner that night we went looking for them).
Good readers notice context clues when they read a word they do not know. A context clue is a hint the author gives the reader about what the words in the text mean.
If you do not know the meaning of a word, look at the words and sentences around it. Look for:
3rd Grade Writing - Word relationships Lesson