Standard 3: Language Arts Literacy

Language Arts Literacy Cumulative Progress Indicators (CPIs) for the end of the designated grade span

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 STANDARD 3.1 (READING) ALL STUDENTS WILL UNDERSTAND AND APPLY THE KNOWLEDGE OF SOUNDS, LETTERS, AND WORDS IN WRITTEN ENGLISH TO BECOME INDEPENDENT AND FLUENT READERS, AND WILL READ A VARIETY OF MATERIALS AND TEXTS WITH FLUENCY AND COMPREHENSION.
 

F.      Vocabulary and Concept Development
  By the end of Kindergarten, students will:
 

1.         Continue to develop a vocabulary through meaningful, concrete experiences.
 

 2.         Identify and sort words in basic categories.
 

 3.         Explain meanings of common signs and symbols.
 

 4.         Use new vocabulary and grammatical construction in own speech.
 

Building upon knowledge and skills gained in preceding grades, by the end of Grade 1, students will:
  1.         Develop a vocabulary of 300-500 high-frequency sight words and phonetically regular words.
  2.         Use and explain common antonyms and synonyms.
 

3.         Comprehend common and/or specific vocabulary in informational texts and literature.
  Building upon knowledge and skills gained in preceding grades, by the end of Grade 2, students will:
 

1.         Develop a vocabulary of 500-800 regular and irregular sight words.
  2.         Know and relate meanings of simple prefixes and suffixes.
 

3.         Demonstrate evidence of expanding language repertory.
  4.         Understand concept of antonyms and synonyms.
  5.         Begin to use a grade-appropriate dictionary with assistance from teacher.
  Building upon knowledge and skills gained in preceding grades, by the end of Grade 3, students will:
  1.         Spell previously studied words and spelling patterns accurately.
 

2.         Point to or clearly identify specific words or wording that are causing comprehension difficulties.
  3.         Infer word meanings from taught roots, prefixes, and suffixes.
 

4.         Use a grade-appropriate dictionary with assistance from teacher.
  5.         Use pictures and context clues to assist with meaning of new words.
  Building upon knowledge and skills gained in preceding grades, by the end of Grade 4, students will:
  1.      Infer word meanings from learned roots, prefixes, and suffixes.
  2.      Infer specific word meanings in the context of reading passages.
  3.      Identify and correctly use antonyms, synonyms, homophones, and homographs.
  4.     Use a grade-appropriate dictionary (independently) to define unknown words.
  Building upon knowledge and skills gained in preceding grades, by the end of Grade 5, students will:
  1.         Infer word meanings from learned roots, prefixes, and suffixes.
  2.         Infer specific word meanings in the context of reading passages.
  3.         Identify and correctly use antonyms, synonyms, homophones, and homographs.
  4.         Use a grade-level appropriate dictionary independently to define unknown words.
  5.         Use a thesaurus to identify alternative word choices and meanings.
  Building upon knowledge and skills gained in preceding grades, by the end of Grade 6, students will:
  1.         Infer word meanings from learned roots, prefixes, and suffixes.
  2.         Infer specific word meanings in the context of reading passages.
  3.         Identify and correctly use antonyms, synonyms, homophones, and homographs.
  4.         Use the dictionary for a variety of purposes (e.g., definitions, word origins, parts of speech).
  5.         Use a thesaurus to identify alternative word choices and meanings.
  Building upon knowledge and skills gained in preceding grades, by the end of Grade 7, students will:
  1.         Develop an extended vocabulary through both listening and independent reading.
  2.         Clarify word meanings through the use of a word’s definition, example, restatement, or contrast.
  3.         Clarify pronunciations, meanings, alternate word choice, parts of speech, and etymology of words using the dictionary, thesaurus, glossary, and technology resources.
  4.        Expand reading vocabulary by identifying and correctly using idioms and words with literal and figurative meanings in their speaking and writing experiences.
  Building upon knowledge and skills gained in preceding grades, by the end of Grade 8, students will:
  1.         Develop and refine an extended vocabulary through listening and exposure to a variety of texts and independent reading.
  2.         Clarify word meanings through the use of a word’s definition, example, restatement, or contrast.
  3.         Clarify pronunciations, meanings, alternate word choice, parts of speech, and etymology of words using the dictionary, thesaurus, glossary, and technology resources.
  4.        Expand reading vocabulary by identifying and correctly using idioms and words with literal and figurative meanings in their speaking and writing experiences.
  5.         Explain relationships between and among words including connotation/denotation, antonyms/synonyms, and words with multiple meanings
  Building upon knowledge and skills gained in preceding grades, by the end of Grade 12, students will:
  1.         Use knowledge of word origins and word relationships, as well as historical and literary context clues, to determine the meanings of specialized vocabulary.
  2.         Use knowledge of root words to understand new words.
  3.         Apply reading vocabulary in different content areas.