2.3.B

The student uses newly acquired vocabulary expressively.

use context within and beyond a sentence to determine the meaning of unfamiliar words;

19 TAC §110.4, 19 TAC §110.4 — Grade 2 the rule text (PDF) archived copy verified 2026-08-05

Try it

How we would sequence it

What this builds on

  • 1.3.B use illustrations and texts the student is able to read or hear to learn or clarify word meanings; we would do that one first, because pulling a word's meaning from its sentence rests on already pulling one from a picture or story

Where it goes

  • 3.3.B use context within and beyond a sentence to determine the meaning of unfamiliar words and multiple-meaning words; we would come here after, because picking the right sense of a word with two meanings leans on already reading context for an unfamiliar one

See the grade 2 map

Where this sits

Before this: 2.3.A. After this: 2.3.C.

All of english language arts, grade 2

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