Common Core · English Language Arts
L.6.4a
Grade 6 · Language
Use context (e.g., the overall meaning of a sentence or paragraph; a word's position or function in a sentence) as a clue to the meaning of a word or phrase.
- Official code
- CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.6.4a
- Short code
- L.6.4a
- Subject
- English Language Arts
- Grade
- Grade 6
- Domain
- Language
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L.6.3
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L.6.3b
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L.6.4
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L.6.4b
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