II.+Acquisition+of+Vocabulary+Standard

=II. Acquisition of Vocabulary Standard=

Students acquire vocabulary through exposure to language-rich situations, such as reading books and other texts and conversing with adults and peers. They use context clues, as well as direct explanations provided by others, to gain new words. They learn to apply word analysis skills to build and extend their own vocabulary. As students progress through the grades, they become more proficient in applying their knowledge of words (origins, parts, relationships, meanings) to acquire specialized vocabulary that aids comprehension.

**By the end of the K–3 program:** A. Use context clues to determine the meaning of new vocabulary. B. Read accurately high frequency sight words. C. Apply structural analysis skills to build and extend vocabulary and to determine word meaning. D. Know the meaning of specialized vocabulary by applying knowledge of word parts, relationships and meanings. E. Use resources to determine the meanings and pronunciations **By the end of the 4–7 program:** A. Use context clues and text structures to determine the meaning of new vocabulary. B. Infer word meaning through identification and analysis of analogies and other word relationships. C. Apply knowledge of connotation and denotation to learn the meanings of words. D. Use knowledge of symbols, acronyms, word origins and derivations to determine the meanings of unknown words. E. Use knowledge of roots and affixes to determine the meanings of complex words. F. Use multiple resources to enhance comprehension of vocabulary.

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