Standards Map

English Language Arts and Literacy | Grade : 2

Strand - Reading Informational Text

Cluster - Craft and Structure

[RI.2.4] - Determine the meaning of words and phrases in a text relevant to a grade 2 topic or subject area. (See grade 2 Language Standards 4-6 on applying knowledge of vocabulary to reading.)

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Resources:

• Massachusetts Anchor Standards for Reading
  
• Phrase
  Broadly, any short series of related words; grammatically, a series of related words that lacks either a subject or a predicate or both: for example, by the door or opening the box. See Clause.
• Reading Closely to Analyze Complex Texts in the Elementary Grades
  

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Predecessor Standards:

• RI.1.4
  Ask and answer questions to help determine or clarify the meaning of words and phrases in a text. (See grade 1 Language Standards 4-6 on applying knowledge of vocabulary to reading.)

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Successor Standards:

• RI.3.4
  Determine the meaning of general academic and domain-specific words and phrases in a text relevant to a grade 3 topic or subject area. (See grade 3 Language Standards 4-6 on applying knowledge of vocabulary to reading.)

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Same Level Standards:

• L.2.4
  Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases based on grade 2 reading and content, choosing flexibly from an array of strategies.
• L.2.5
  Demonstrate understanding of word relationships and nuances in word meanings.
• L.2.6
  Use words and phrases acquired through conversations, activities in the grade 2 curriculum, reading and being read to, and responding to texts, including using adjectives to describe. (See grade 2 Reading Literature Standard 4 and Reading Informational Text Standard 4 on applying knowledge of vocabulary to reading; see grade 2 Writing Standard 5 and Speaking and Listening Standard 4 on strengthening writing and presentations by applying knowledge of vocabulary.)