English Language Arts and Literacy | Grade : 3
Strand - Reading Informational Text
Cluster - Craft and Structure
[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.)
- Academic language/vocabulary
Language of school and study, required for success in academic work; words and phrases used across subject areas (e.g., judge, evaluate, refer, composition, decision) as opposed to domain-specific (discipline-specific) language/vocabulary (e.g., drama in literature, integer in mathematics, photosynthesis in biology, millennium in history). - Domain-specific (discipline specific) language/vocabulary
Words and phrases specific to a particular field of study: for example, drama in literature, integer in mathematics, photosynthesis in biology, millennium in history. See Academic language/vocabulary. - 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
[L.3.4] -
Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning word and phrases based on grade 3 reading and content, choosing flexibly from a range of strategies.
[L.3.5] -
Demonstrate understanding of word relationships and nuances in word meanings.
[L.3.6] -
Acquire and use accurately grade-appropriate conversational, general academic, and domain-specific words and phrases, including those that signal spatial and temporal relationships. (See grade 3 Reading Literature Standard 4 and Reading Informational Text Standard 4 on applying knowledge of vocabulary to reading; see grade 3 Writing Standard 5 and Speaking and Listening Standard 4 on strengthening writing and presentations by applying knowledge of vocabulary.)