College and Career Readiness (CCR) Anchor Reading Standard Vocabulary Acquisition and Use (4): Determine or clarify the meaning of
unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases by using context clues, analyzing meaningful word parts, and consulting general and
specialized reference materials, as appropriate.
CCSS – Grade 4 Specific Reading Standard 4 (Language)
Grade 3: 4) Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown Grade 4: 4) Determine or clarify the
Grade 5: 4) Determine or clarify the meaning
and multiple-meaning word and phrases based on grade 3 meaning of unknown and multipleof unknown and multiple-meaning words
reading and content, choosing flexibly from a range of
and phrases based on grade 5 reading and
meaning words and phrases based on
strategies.
content, choosing flexibly from a range of
grade 4 reading and content, choosing
a. Use sentence-level context as a clue to the
strategies.
flexibly from a range of strategies.
meaning of a word or phrase.
a. Use context (e.g., cause/effect
a. Use context (e.g., definitions,
b. Determine the meaning of the new word
relationships and comparisons in text) as
examples, or restatements in text) as a
formed when a known affix is added to a
a clue to the meaning of a word or phrase.
clue to the meaning of a word or phrase.
known word (e.g., agreeable/disagreeable,
b. Use common, grade-appropriate Greek
b. Use common, grade-appropriate
comfortable/uncomfortable, care/careless,
and Latin affixes and roots as clues to the
Greek and Latin affixes and roots as
heat/preheat).
meaning of a word (e.g., photograph,
clues to the meaning of a word (e.g.,
c. Use a known root word as a clue to the
photosynthesis).
telegraph, photograph, autograph).
meaning of an unknown word with the same
c. Consult reference materials (e.g.,
c. Consult reference materials (e.g.,
root (e.g., company, companion).
dictionaries, glossaries, thesauruses), both
dictionaries, glossaries, thesauruses),
d. Use glossaries or beginning dictionaries, both print
print and digital, to find the pronunciation
both print and digital,
and digital, to determine or clarify the precise meaning
and determine or clarify the precise
to find the pronunciation and determine
of key words and phrases.
meaning of key words and
or
phrases.
clarify the precise meaning of key words
and phrases.
Students will Know and Do
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Determine (3)
The meaning of
unknown and
multiple
meaning words
Use (3)
Context clues
Use (3)
Common
Greek & Latin
affixes and
roots as clues
(grade
appropriate)
Use (3)
Reference
materials, both
print and digital
(pronunciation
& meaning)

Greek/Latin root
examples: telegraph,
photograph,
autograph
College and Career Readiness (CCR) Anchor Reading Standard Vocabulary Acquisition and Use (5): Demonstrate understanding of
figurative language, word relationships, and nuances in word meanings.
CCSS – Grade 4 Specific Reading Standard 5 (Language)
Grade 3: 5) Demonstrate understanding of word
Grade 5: 5) Demonstrate understanding of
Grade 4: 5) Demonstrate understanding
relationships and nuances in word meanings.
of figurative language, word relationships, figurative language, word relationships, and
a. Distinguish the literal and nonliteral meanings of
nuances in word meanings.
and nuances in word meanings.
words and phrases in context (e.g., take steps).
a. Interpret figurative language,
a. Explain the meaning of simple
b. Identify real-life connections between words
including similes and metaphors, in
similes and metaphors (e.g., as pretty as
and their use (e.g., describe people who are
context.
a picture) in context.
friendly or helpful).
b. Recognize and explain the meaning of
b. Recognize and explain the meaning
c. Distinguish shades of meaning among related words
common idioms, adages, and proverbs.
of
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that describe states of mind or degrees of certainty (e.g.,
knew, believed, suspected, heard, wondered).
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will need to meet the standard)
Determine (3)
c. Use the relationship between particular
common idioms, adages, and proverbs.
words (e.g., synonyms, antonyms,
c. Demonstrate understanding of
homographs) to better understand each
words by
of the words.
relating them to their opposites
(antonyms) and to words with similar
but not identical meanings (synonyms).
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(Where it is/is not located in
(Where it is assessed/ will an
(What this standard looks like)
current resources)
assessment need to be created)
Understanding
of figurative
language, word
relationships,
and nuances in
word meanings

Explain (4)
The meaning of
similes &
metaphors in
context

Explain (4)
The meanings
of idioms,
adages and
proverbs

Demonstrate (3)
Understanding
of words by
relating them to
antonyms and
synonyms
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College and Career Readiness (CCR) Anchor Reading Standard Vocabulary Acquisition and Use (6): Acquire and use accurately a range of
general academic and domain-specific words and phrases sufficient for reading, writing, speaking, and listening at the college and career
readiness level; demonstrate independence in gathering vocabulary knowledge when considering a word or phrase important to
comprehension or expression.
CCSS – Grade 4 Specific Reading Standard 6 (Language)
Grade 3: 6) Acquire and use accurately grade-appropriate
Grade 5: 6) Acquire and use accurately
Grade 4: 6) Acquire and use accurately
conversational, general academic, and domain specific
grade-appropriate general academic and
grade-appropriate general academic and
words and phrases, including those that signal spatial and
domain-specific words and phrases,
domain-specific words and phrases,
temporal relationships (e.g., After dinner that night we went including those that signal precise actions,
including those that signal contrast,
looking for them).
addition, and other logical relationships
emotions, or states of being (e.g., quizzed,
(e.g., however, although, nevertheless,
whined, stammered) and that are basic to a
similarly, moreover, in addition).
particular topic (e.g., wildlife, conservation,
and endangered when discussing animal
preservation).
Students will Know and Do
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Assessment
Student Work Samples
(List the skills or strategic actions the student
(Where it is/is not located in
(Where it is assessed/ will an
(What this standard looks like)
will need to meet the standard)
current resources)
assessment need to be created)
Aquire and use (6)
Accurately gradeappropriate general
academic and
domain-specific
words and phrases
 Signal
precise
actions
(quizzed)
 Emotions
(whined)
 States of
being
Basic to a particular
topic (wildlife,
conservation)
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