Vocabulary

Goal P-LC 6. Child understands and uses a wide variety of words for a variety of purposes.

• Demonstrates the use of multiple (two or three) new words or signs a day during play and other activities.

• Shows recognition of and/or familiarity with key domain-specific words heard during reading or discussions.

• With multiple exposures, uses new domain-specific vocabulary during activities, such as using the word "cocoon" when learning about the life-cycle of caterpillars, or "cylinder" when learning about 3-D shapes.

• With support, forms guesses about the meaning of new words from context clues.

Goal P-LC 7. Child shows understanding of word categories and relationships among words.

• Categorizes words or objects, such as sorting a hard hat, machines, and tools into the construction group, or giving many examples of farm animals.

• Discusses new words in relation to known words and word categories, such as "It fell to the bottom when it sank," or "When you hop it's like jumping on one leg," or "The bear and fox are both wild animals."

• Identifies shared characteristics among people, places, things, or actions, such as identifying that both cats and dogs are furry and have four legs.

• Identifies key common antonyms, such as black/white or up/down. Identifies one or two synonyms for very familiar words, such as glad or happy.

• Shows an ability to distinguish similar words, such as "I don't like it, I love it!" or "It's more than tall, it's gigantic," or "It's so cold, it's frosty."