1. Scan through Vocabulary the Common Core with your grade level team, and decide upon the top 50 Tier Two and Tier Three academic words .

2. Academic Words Defined pg. 55
Six Step Process pg. 13

3. Kindergarten, First, and Second Grade
50 words
Easiest first
*sort *connection *conclusion
*share *cause and effect *Evidence
*list *main idea *diagram
*participate *summarize *quote
*build *setting *root
*compare *Compare *heading
*contrast *detail *closing sentence
*choose *opinion *fact
*decide ****************** *prediction
*main character *Vocabulary *conflict
****************** *Example *stamina
*who *fable
*what *retell
*Sentence *moral
* Word *alliteration
*where *Construct
*Label *fiction
*Question *folktale
*Detail *sequence
*Why *definition
*Ask *meaning
*describe *symbol
*when *information

4. Third and Fourth Grade 1. Inference 2. Reason 3. Example 4. Evidence
5. Support
6. Quote
7. Text
8. Elaborate
9. Define
10.Apostrophe
11. Adjectives
12. Adverbs
13. Cite
14. Strategy
15. Inverse
16. Enlarge
17. Vertical
18. Horizontal
19. Equation
20. Equivalent
21. Parenthesis
22. Value
23. Unknown
24. Variable
25. Support
26. Metaphor
27. Simile
28. Paraphrase
29. Source
30. Evidence
31. Response
32. Point of view
33. Opinion
34. Fact
35. Heading
36. Investigate
37. Sequence
38. Simplify
39. Interval
40. Numerator
41. Denominator
42. Model
43. Solution
44. Diagram
45, Convert
46. Compose
47. Multiple
48. Factor
49. Analyze
50. Character Trait
Yellow highlighted words are for third grade.

5. Fifth and Sixth Grade justify 17. Recall 33. comprehend Organize
Collaborate
Interact
Engage
Categorize
Classify
Compare
Contrast
cite
Construct
Generate
Initiate
Determine
Identify
Interpret
17. Recall
18. Simplify
19. Apply
20. reflect
21. Elaborate
22. monitor
23. represent
24. Evaluate
25. Assess
26. Compute
27. modify
28. model
29. Articulate
30. Communicate
31. emphasize
32. Explain
33. comprehend
34. demonstrate
35. Hypothesize
36. Estimate
37. Generalize
38. Infer
39. Problem solve
40. overcome
41. Defend
42. Claim
43. incorporate
44. Persuade
45. paraphrase
46. Examine
47. Revisit
48. Reference

6. Special Education/SDC
Same, explore sort
Different locate
Equal find
Observe retell
Create hypothesis
Set predict
Group label
Array identify
Most build
least/fewest illustrate
Summarize graph
Details chart
Describe tally
Add introduce
Subtract combine
guess
Same, different, equal, observe, create, set, group, array, most, least/fewest, summarize, details, describe, add, subtract, guess, hypothesis

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