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4.4.R.4

Description: Students will infer relationships among words with multiple meanings, including synonyms, antonyms, and more complex homographs and homonyms.
Maps to Reading Plus skills: 4A, 4B

Exemplars

4A: Interpreting Word Meaning

4A: Interpreting Word Meaning

Description: Interpreting Word Meaning

SeeReader
✓ standard met

Selection: D-9

D-9

Grade level: 4
Word count: 1314 words
Author: Madeline Arroyo
Synopsis: First endangered, then protected, the wolf is still at risk.
Excerpt: The more people visit national parks and other wildlife-rich places, the more they're apt to help protect these lands--and the animals that live there.

Question: Read this excerpt from the selection. Which of the following best described the meaning of the word "apt"?
  1. likely
  2. not willing
  3. afraid
  4. quietly

Writing
✓ standard met

Writing prompt: Choose a selection that included some unfamiliar vocabulary. Replace the unfamiliar words with synonyms that are easier to understand yet still convey the same meaning.

Evaluator

Organization: Certica Solutions

4B: Interpreting Analogies

4B: Interpreting Analogies

Description: Interpreting Analogies

SeeReader
✓ standard met

Selection: D-17

D-17

Grade level: 4
Word count: 1585 words
Author: R. Bender
Synopsis: A teacher gets the attention of his students through clever lessons about scientific ideas.
Excerpt: Then he looked at all of us, smiled, and said, "Hello, sponges! I'm Mr. A. Welcome to science!"

This was weird! I raised my hand and asked, "Why did you call us sponges?"

Mr. A smiled. "A sponge soaks up things, right? You are going to be soaking up science in my class this year!"

Question: According to Mr. A, a sponge is to liquid like
  1. students are to science.
  2. gravity is to a desk.
  3. people are to plants.
  4. teachers are to skateboards.

Writing
✓ standard met

Writing prompt: List five words in a selection that helped you form a picture in your mind. Do additional research to find a synonym and antonym for each word, and use the word in a sentence.

Evaluator

Organization: Certica Solutions