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Context Clues

3rd Grade

Arizona - K-12 Academic Standards: 3.RL.4

Common Core State Standards: Literacy.RL.3.4

Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, distinguishing literal from nonliteral language.

California Common Core State Standards: RL.3.4

Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, distinguishing literal from nonliteral language. (See grade 3 Language standards 4–6 for additional expectations.)

Georgia Standards of Excellence (GSE): ELAGSE3RL4

Determine the meaning of words and phrases both literal and nonliteral language as they are used in the text.

Massachusetts Curriculum Frameworks: RL.3.4

Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, distinguishing literal from figurative language. (See grade 3 Language Standards 4–6 on applying knowledge of vocabulary to reading.)

North Carolina - Standard Course of Study: RL.3.4

Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, identifying words that impact the meaning in a text.

New York State Next Generation Learning Standards: 3R4

Determine the meaning of words, phrases, figurative language, and academic and content-specific words. (RI&RL)

Tennessee Academic Standards: 3.RL.CS.4

Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, distinguishing literal from nonliteral language (e.g., feeling blue versus the color blue).

Wisconsin Academic Standards: R.3.4

Determine the meaning of words, phrases, figurative language, and academic and content-specific words within a text. (RI&RL)

Arizona - K-12 Academic Standards: 3.RF..4.c

Common Core State Standards: Literacy.RF.3.4c

Georgia Standards of Excellence (GSE): ELAGSE3RF4c

Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS): RF.3.4.c

Mississippi College- and Career-Readiness Standards: RF.3.4c

North Carolina - Standard Course of Study: RF.3.5.c

Use context to confirm or self-correct word recognition and understanding, rereading as necessary.

New York State Next Generation Learning Standards: 3RF4b

Use context to confirm or self-correct word recognition and understanding, rereading as necessary.

Tennessee Academic Standards: 3.FL.F.5.c

Use context to confirm or self-correct word recognition and understanding of words; reread as necessary.

Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS): 3.4.B*

use context to determine the relevant meaning of unfamiliar words or distinguish among multiple meaning words and homographs

Pennsylvania Core Standards: CC.1.2.3.F

Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in grade-level text, distinguishing literal from nonliteral meaning as well as shades of meaning among related words.

Pennsylvania Core Standards:      E03.B-V.4.1.1

Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases based on grade 3 reading and content, choosing flexibly from a range of strategies.

a. Use context as a clue to the meaning of a word or phrase.
b. Determine the meaning of the new word formed when a known affix is added to a known word (e.g., agreeable/disagreeable, comfortable/uncomfortable, care/careless, heat/preheat).
c. Use a known root word as a clue to the meaning of an unknown word with the same root (e.g., company, companion).

Pennsylvania Core Standards:      E03.B-V.4.1.2

Demonstrate understanding of word relationships and nuances in word meanings.

a. Distinguish the literal and nonliteral meanings of words and phrases in context (e.g., take steps).
b. Distinguish shades of meaning among related words (e.g., knew, believed, suspected, heard, wondered

Pennsylvania Core Standards: CC.1.2.3.J

Acquire and use accurately grade-appropriate conversational, general academic, and domain-specific words and phrases, including those that signal spatial and temporal relationships

Pennsylvania Core Standards:      E03.B-V.4.1.1

Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases based on grade 3 reading and content, choosing flexibly from a range of strategies.

a. Use context as a clue to the meaning of a word or phrase.
b. Determine the meaning of the new word formed when a known affix is added to a known word (e.g., agreeable/disagreeable, comfortable/uncomfortable, care/careless, heat/preheat).
c. Use a known root word as a clue to the meaning of an unknown word with the same root (e.g., company, companion).

Pennsylvania Core Standards:      E03.B-V.4.1.2

Demonstrate understanding of word relationships and nuances in word meanings.

a. Distinguish the literal and nonliteral meanings of words and phrases in context (e.g., take steps).
b. Distinguish shades of meaning among related words (e.g., knew, believed, suspected, heard, wondered

Pennsylvania Core Standards: CC.1.2.3.K

Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning wordsand phrases based on grade-levelreading and content,choosing flexibly from a range of strategiesand tools.

Pennsylvania Core Standards:      E03.B-V.4.1.1

Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases based on grade 3 reading and content, choosing flexibly from a range of strategies.

a. Use context as a clue to the meaning of a word or phrase.
b. Determine the meaning of the new word formed when a known affix is added to a known word (e.g., agreeable/disagreeable, comfortable/uncomfortable, care/careless, heat/preheat).
c. Use a known root word as a clue to the meaning of an unknown word with the same root (e.g., company, companion).

Pennsylvania Core Standards:      E03.B-V.4.1.2

Demonstrate understanding of word relationships and nuances in word meanings.

a. Distinguish the literal and nonliteral meanings of words and phrases in context (e.g., take steps).
b. Distinguish shades of meaning among related words (e.g., knew, believed, suspected, heard, wondered

Pennsylvania Core Standards: CC.1.3.3.F

Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in grade-level text, distinguishing literal from nonliteral meaning as well as shades of meaning among related words.

Pennsylvania Core Standards:      E03.A-V.4.1.1

Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases based on grade 3 reading and content, choosing flexibly from a range of strategies.

a. Use context as a clue to the meaning of a word or phrase.
b. Determine the meaning of the new word formed when a known affix is added to a known word (e.g., agreeable/disagreeable, comfortable/uncomfortable, care/careless, heat/preheat).
c. Use a known root word as a clue to the meaning of an unknown word with the same root (e.g., company, companion).

Pennsylvania Core Standards:      E03.A-V.4.1.2

Demonstrate understanding of word relationships and nuances in word meanings.

a. Distinguish the literal and nonliteral meanings of words and phrases in context (e.g., take steps).
b. Distinguish shades of meaning among related words (e.g., knew, believed, suspected, heard, wondered

Pennsylvania Core Standards: CC.1.3.3.I

Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases based on grade-level reading and content, choosing flexibly from a range of strategies and tools.

Pennsylvania Core Standards:      E03.A-V.4.1.1

Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases based on grade 3 reading and content, choosing flexibly from a range of strategies.

a. Use context as a clue to the meaning of a word or phrase.
b. Determine the meaning of the new word formed when a known affix is added to a known word (e.g., agreeable/disagreeable, comfortable/uncomfortable, care/careless, heat/preheat).
c. Use a known root word as a clue to the meaning of an unknown word with the same root (e.g., company, companion).

Pennsylvania Core Standards:      E03.A-V.4.1.2

Demonstrate understanding of word relationships and nuances in word meanings.

a. Distinguish the literal and nonliteral meanings of words and phrases in context (e.g., take steps).
b. Distinguish shades of meaning among related words (e.g., knew, believed, suspected, heard, wondered)

Pennsylvania Core Standards: CC.1.3.3.J

Acquire and use accurately grade-appropriate conversational, general academic, and domain-specific words and phrases, including those that signal spatial and temporal relationships

Pennsylvania Core Standards:      E03.A-V.4.1.1

Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases based on grade 3 reading and content, choosing flexibly from a range of strategies.

a. Use context as a clue to the meaning of a word or phrase.
b. Determine the meaning of the new word formed when a known affix is added to a known word (e.g., agreeable/disagreeable, comfortable/uncomfortable, care/careless, heat/preheat).
c. Use a known root word as a clue to the meaning of an unknown word with the same root (e.g., company, companion).

Pennsylvania Core Standards:      E03.A-V.4.1.2

Demonstrate understanding of word relationships and nuances in word meanings.

a. Distinguish the literal and nonliteral meanings of words and phrases in context (e.g., take steps).
b. Distinguish shades of meaning among related words (e.g., knew, believed, suspected, heard, wondered)

3rd Grade Reading - Context Clues Lesson
 
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