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LA.K.V Vocabulary

• Acquisition and Use: Build and use a range of conversational, academic, and discipline-specific grade-level vocabulary and apply to reading, writing, speaking, and listening.

  • LA.K.V.1 Recognize and use conversational and grade-level academic vocabulary.

    • LA.K.V.1.a With prompting and support, identify new meanings of familiar words (e.g., park, ring, fly).

      • Multiple-meaning words with pictures (K-QQ.1)

    • LA.K.V.1.b With prompting and support, use commonly occurring inflections and affixes to determine the meaning of unknown words.

    • LA.K.V.1.c With prompting and support, determine the meanings of key words and phrases using provided reference materials and classroom resources.

• Context and Connotation: Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases, choosing flexibly from a range of strategies.

  • LA.K.V.2 Interpret an author's use of figurative, connotative, and technical language in grade-level literary and informational text.

    • LA.K.V.2.a With prompting and support, sort common words and phrases into conceptual categories to develop an understanding of word relationships.

      • Sort objects into categories (K-PP.1)
      • Which one is not like the others? (K-PP.2)

    • LA.K.V.2.b With prompting and support, deepen understanding of words by identifying and relating them to their opposites.

      • Match antonyms to pictures (K-OO.1)

    • LA.K.V.2.c With prompting and support, ask and answer questions about key words and phrases to determine their meaning.

    • LA.K.V.2.d With prompting and support, identify and explain descriptive words and phrases that suggest feelings or appeal to the senses.

      • Which feeling matches the picture? (K-CC.1)
      • Compare pictures using adjectives (K-LL.1)
      • Use sense words (K)