Acquisition+of+Vocabulary

Acquisition of Vocabulary //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.//

Grade 2 Benchmarks and Indicators  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 of unknown words. 1. Use knowledge of word order and in-sentence context clues to support word identification and to define unknown words while reading. 2. Use context clues to determine the meaning of homophones, homonyms and homographs. 3. Apply the meaning of the terms synonyms and antonyms. 4. Read accurately high-frequency sight words. 5. Read homographs aloud correctly, adjusting sounds to fit meaning, and use words in context. 6. Determine the meaning of common compound words (e.g., lunchroom, baseball) by explaining the relationship between the words contained in the compound. 7. Identify contractions and common abbreviations and connect them to whole words. 8. Determine the meaning of prefixes, including un-, re-, pre-, and suffixes, including -er, -est, -ful, -less. 9. Use root words (e.g., smile) and their various inflections (e.g., smiles, smiling, smiled) to determine the meaning of words. 10. Determine the meaning and pronunciations of unknown words using a beginner’s dictionary, glossaries and technology.