Standards

Identify frequently occurring root words (e.g., look) and their inflectional forms (e.g., looks, looked, looking).

Use frequently occurring affixes as a clue to the meaning of a word.

Use sentence-level context as a clue to the meaning of a word or phrase.

Define words by category and by one or more key attributes (e.g., a duck is a bird that swims; a tiger is a large cat with stripes).

Sort words into categories (e.g., colors, clothing) to gain a sense of the concepts the categories represent.