All students should understand that specific vocabulary helps explain and clarify ideas | | The intent of this standard is that students will continue to expand listening and speaking vocabularies in the context of fiction and nonfiction trade books and other print materials that reflect the Virginia Standards of Learning for English, history and social science, science, and mathematics. Students will learn to use antonyms, synonyms, and descriptive language to explain and clarify ideas. Students will demonstrate an increase in vocabulary by giving and following three-step or four-step directions. Growth in oral language aids in the development of fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension. | To be successful with this standard, students are expected to listen to and discuss fiction and nonfiction trade books and other print materials that reflect the Virginia Standards of Learning for English, history and social science, science, and mathematics use specific vocabulary from content study to express interests and knowledge use appropriate descriptive language to express ideas, opinions, and feelings use language to categorize objects, people, places, or events explain the meanings of words within the context of how they are used ask questions to clarify or gain further information recognize when two or more different words are being used orally to mean contrasting or opposite things recognize when different words are being used orally to mean the same or similar things use synonyms and antonyms in oral communication |
