English Language Arts (2021) Grade(s): 3

ELA21.3.13a

Make connections to a word’s structure using knowledge of phonology, morphology, and orthography of the word to aid learning.

Unpacked Content

Knowledge

  • Phonology (speech sounds within words).
  • Morphology (meaningful units of words).
  • Orthography (the written representation of language).

Skills

  • Make connections to a word's structure using speech sounds, meaningful word parts, and spelling of the word to aid learning.

Understanding

  • Identifying a word's phonological, morphological, and orthographic structure can help them determine the meaning of a word, as well as the word's origin.

Vocabulary

  • Word structure
  • Phonology
  • Morphology
  • Orthography
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