English Language Arts and Literacy | Grade : 4
Strand - Reading Informational Text
Cluster - Craft and Structure
[RI.4.4] - Determine the meaning of general academic and domain-specific words or phrases in a text relevant to a grade 4 topic or subject area. (See grade 4 Language Standards 4-6on 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
- Reading Closely to Analyze Complex Texts in the Elementary Grades
[L.4.4] -
Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases based on grade 4 reading and content, choosing flexibly from a range of strategies.
[L.4.5] -
Demonstrate understanding of figurative language, word relationships, and nuances in word meanings.
[L.4.6] -
Acquire and use accurately grade-appropriate general academic and domain-specific words and phrases, including those that signal precise actions, emotions, or states of being (e.g., quizzed, whined, stammered) and that are basic to a particular to a particular topic (e.g., wildlife, conservation, and endangered when discussing animal preservation). grade 4 Reading literature Standard 4 and Reading Informational Text Standard 4 on applying knowledge of vocabulary to reading; see grade 4Writing Standard 5 and Speaking and Listening Standard 4 on strengthening writing and presentations by applying knowledge of vocabulary.)