Virginia SOL 3.RV.1

What students need to be able to do

• Develop general academic and content-specific vocabulary through listening, reading, and discussion.
• Discuss meanings of complex words and phrases acquired through conversations and literature.
• Determine word meanings using frequently occurring root words and inflectional affixes.
• Use sentence context to apply knowledge of homophones.
• Apply knowledge of morphology, synonyms, and antonyms to determine word meanings.
• Distinguish shades of meaning among verbs and adjectives.
• Use strategies to infer word meanings.
• Use glossaries, dictionaries, and thesauruses to determine or clarify word meanings.
• Use newly learned words and phrases in discussions and speaking activities.