Kindergarten

L.K.4. Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases based on kindergarten reading and content.

• Identify new meanings for familiar words and apply them accurately (e.g., knowing duck is a bird and learning the verb to duck).
• Use the most frequently occurring inflections and affixes (e.g., -ed, -s, re-, un-, pre-, -ful, -less) as a clue to the meaning of an unknown word.

Assessment:  Daily classroom conversations.

 

L.K.5. With guidance and support from adults, explore word relationships and nuances in word meanings.

• Sort common objects into categories (e.g., shapes, foods) to gain a sense of the concepts the categories represent.
• Demonstrate understanding of frequently occurring verbs and adjectives by relating them to their opposites (antonyms).
• Identify real-life connections between words and their use (e.g., note places at school that are colorful).
• Distinguish shades of meaning among verbs describing the same general action (e.g., walk, march, strut, prance) by acting out the meanings.

Assessment:  Checklist

            ___ Sort common objects into categories (e.g., shapes, foods) to gain a sense

of the concepts the categories represent.

___ Demonstrate understanding of frequently occurring verbs and adjectives by relating them to their opposites (antonyms).

___ Identify real-life connections between words and their use (e.g., note places at school that are colorful).

___ Distinguuish shades of meaning among verbs describing the same general action (e.g., walk, march, strut, prance) by acting out the meanings.

L.K.6. Use words and phrases acquired through conversations, reading and being read to, and responding to texts.

Assessment:  Daily conversations