Academic Word List Kindergarten Language Arts alphabet
Math above
Music beat
author back/front (cover) beginning/middl e/end
behind below
PE arms
Science behavior
Social Studies capital/capitol (state/country)
Visual Arts art
call drum
bend bend
change classify
celebration citizenship
brush chalk
between
echo
ears
collect
city
coil
book
circle
fast
fingers
compare
community
color
capital
dime
flute
flying saucers
describe
conflict
contrast
character
equal
high
follow
direction
continent
cool
consonant
graph
horn
freeze
fast
country
draw
directions
inside
jump
frown
heat
desert
easel
discussion
length
listen
go
identify
equator
form
fiction
less
long
hands
light
family
ground
illustrator
more
loud
happy
living
friend
line
letter
nickel
low
high
match
globe
paint
letter-sound
on
march
hop
measure
history
paper
listening skill
outside
music
jump
non-living
pattern
lower case
oval
note
kangaroo jump
object
leader / leadership language
main character
over
rest
legs
observe
lake
pencil
main idea
pattern
short
loud
pattern
map
pinch
name
penny
sing
low
position
print
nonfiction
quarter
slow
roll
predictions
migration / moving mountain
number word
rectangle
smooth
run
science
ocean
rub
pen
rough
poem
rhombus
soft
sad
sequence
poles: north/poles
shade
predict
shape
sound
shoulders
shape
problem solving
shape
print
size
speak
skip
size
recycle
slab
sentence
sort
start
smile
slow
region
smooth
setting
square (shape)
stop
soft
sort
river
space
sight word story
triangle under
tone voice
stomach Stop
straight sun
texture tint
text
weight
Toes
temperature
respect responsibility (ies) rules
title vowel
zero
Turn Walk
texture time
symbols (map) time / timeline world
warm wash
value
1st Grade Language Arts alphabetical order cause/effect chapter
Math addition
Music bar line
PE Bounce
Science animals
Social Studies citizen
Visual Arts abstract
after before
beam call & response
Catch chicken run
characteristic classify
city continent
architecture balance
closing (sentence)
between
clap
Climb
communicate
community
collage
complete sentence comprehension
coin
clef
directions
consumer
consequences
composition
difference
flag
Fast
data
cooperation
describe
equal
folk
Fly
difference
country
contour line drawing contrast
dictionary
estimate
half note
foxtail fling relay
evidence
culture
craftsmanship
expository
even
instrument
gator jumping
groups
customs
curvy lines
final
graph
lullaby
green light
growth
diagonal
fairy tale
greater than
melody
Hair
impact
different / differences direction (s): n,s, e, w
language
grouping
movement
Heart
important
enforced
form
noun
impossible/
partner
Hold
investigate
environment
genre painting
expressions
order
improbable
pattern
Lungs
liquid
globe
horizontal
paragraph
inch
piano
Pause
matter
goods/services
Japan
punctuation
less likely/
pitch
prates climb
needs
government
kimono
sequence
less than
play
red light
negative
history
koi
singular/plural
measure
quarter note
Relay
observe
map / map key
likes vs dislikes
spell
more likely/
quarter rest
Respect
offspring
macaque
story elements (problemsolution) summarize
odd
refrain
Rules
parents
neighbor / neighborhood ocean
operation
repeat
Safety
physical characteristic
neutrals
supporting ideas
pattern
singing voice
Shrink
plants
syllable
place value/
speaking voice
Sink
positive
physical / human characteristics primary / secondary sources region(s)
title page
probable
staff
Slow
recycle
portrait
topic sentence
related facts/fact family
steady beat
sneakers
reduce
responsibility(ies ) rules/laws
true/false
subtraction
stem
Soaring
report
state
realistic
verb vocabulary
sum symmetry
strum tune
Stretch Tortoise
reuse similarity
rubbing art scroll
tally
whole note
Toss
solid
symbols (map) timeline / chronology tradition
tens/ones
whole rest
Travel
sort
vote
value
step
Turn
unique
want(s) / need(s)
secondary colors shade
skip
medium/media
obi
outline
primary colors
sculpture
texture thick/thin lines tint vertical
2nd Grade Language Arts adjective
Math addend
Music accent
PE Balance
Science assess
Social Studies career
Visual Arts Africa
antonym apostrophe
area array
alto band
Bases basketball
behavior describe
cause/effect citizen
asymmetry Australia
brainstorm
calculator
bass
bouldering wall
different
background
comma
capacity
choir
buddy walkers
ecosystem
community: urban, suburban, rural consumer
compare (similarity) compound words conclusion
centimeter
duet
cargo net
environment
continent
cityscape
change
eighth note
chalk art
explanation
country
coil
congruent
eighth rest
chalk line
feedback
customs
contrast
contractions
data
form
chicken run
finite
culture
cool colors
contrast (difference) conversation
decimal point
introduction
Circle
function
environment
craftsmanship
difference
measure
Cones
functions
factory
depth
discussion
digit
meter
Crawl
habitat
geography
differences
folktale
dollar
perform
cup stacking
impact
goods / services
environment
glossary
doubles
phrase
dairy products
influence
interdependence
focal point
index
estimate
practice
Dribble
justify
language
form
infer
even/odd
repeat sign
dueling ropes
needs
law(s)
geometric shape
margin
fact family
rhythm
fast motion
organism
leader / leadership
gesture drawing
message (lesson learned) problem
fraction
round
Frisbee
map / map key
harmony
solo
Fruits
soprano
Games
population
natural resource(s) occupations / jobs
henna
predicate
geometric shapes graphs
physical characteristics placement
prewriting
greater than
staff
Goal
predict
illustrate
pronoun
length
strings
horse shoes
resources
physical / human characteristics pollution
publish
less than
symbol
hula hoops
results
problem/solution
line
purpose
likely/not likely
tempo
javelin throw
seasons
region
mask
reread
measure
time signature
Jump rope challenge
shade
scarce
motif
balance
horizon line
landscape
solution
multiplication
treble clef
long jump
similar
similariy(ies) / difference(s)
movement
spelling pattern story map
pattern perimeter
verse volume
Pacer parachutes
structure sun
negative space organic space
subject
place value
woodwinds
play fair
survive
state timeline / chronology transportation
synonym table of contents textbook
polygon prediction quarter hour
sac race slow motion soccer ball
temperature weather
wants / needs
palette patterns positive space
theatre
regroup
soccer dribble
primary colors
rounding
Sprint
proportion
sum
Square
repetition
symmetry
Tag
scale
temperature
target circle
self-portrait
units of measure
tether ball
similarities
whole number
tug o war
spatter
width
vegetables
still life
overlap
straight lines symmetry tactile texture threedimensional two-dimensional unreal color value visual texture warm colors
3rd Grade Language Arts abbreviation
Math 2 or 3dimensional
Music Applause
Above
Science analyze
Social Studies ballot
Visual Arts Architecture
action verb adverb
addend algorithm
Bass clef Bass violin
Ankles Balance
broken down collaborate
artifact Asymmetry
analyze
angles: acute, right, obtuse
brass
Behind
combined
candidate chronology / timeline citizen
autobiography
area
Cello
Bully
conserved
community
biography
array
Coda
Bystander
cooling
continent(s)
Complimentary colors Contrast
chronological order conflict
associative property associative property
Composer
Cardiovascular
data
Craftsmanship
Conductor
Choices
develop
consumer(s) / producer(s) country
context clues
circumference
Descant
Citizenship
earth’s materials
culture / tradition(s)
Description
detail
commutative property congruent (similar)
Dotted note
Climb
electric
Design
Fermata
Cooperate
energy
ecnomy / economics geography
friendly letter
denominator
Flat
Disrespect
evidence-based
Embellish
genre
diameter
Forte’
Dribble
explainable
lead
difference
Harmony
Energy
forces
global community government (local); executive/mayor , legislative / city council, judicial court(s) immigrant(s)
multi-meaning words opinion
division/divide
Interval
Exercise
heating
interdependence
Frontal view
dozen
Legato
Expectations
interpret
laws
Functional art
organization
edge
mp,p,pp,mf,f,ff
Fast
life cycle
public works
Geometric shape
persuasive
elapsed time
Natural
Flexibility
matter
Ionic
prefix
equivalent
Opera
Fly
organisms
public meeting(s) peaceful demonstration
fact
PE
Background
Critique
Doric
Emphasis
Foreground
Middle ground
prompt
estimation
Orchestra
Food groups
predictable
Monochromatic
processes
primary / secondary sources pollution
punctuation
face
Ostinato
Food pyramid
revise
fact family
Percussion
Foot
rock cycle
resource(s)
Negativepositive-high-low
root word/base word
factor
Performance
Foot
scientific explanation
responsibility(ies )
Organic shapes
run-on sentence
fraction
Quartet
Gallop
soil
rights
Palette
sentence types: declarative, exclamatory, imperative, interrogative statement
length
Quintet
Hand
source
state
Portfolio
line and point
Recorder
Heart
states of matter
tolerant
Print
story elements (plot) suffix
median
Refrain
Hop
surface
trade
Printmaking
mode
Sharp
Jump
toxic waste
Proportion
thesaurus
multiplication/mu ltiply
Sight-read
Knees
testable question variety
vote / voting
Radial symmetry
transitions
negative/less than zero numerator
Style
Leap
water cycle
Theme & variations Time signature
Lower
Sequence
Lungs
Sgrafitto
Trio
Muscles
Symbol
parallelogram
Unison
Muscular endurance
Tactile vs visual texture
perimeter
Verse
Muscular strength
Threedimesional
perpendicular
Viola
Nutrition
Unity
polygon
Violin
Pacing
Variety
prism
Whole note
Posture
Victorian
probability
Whole rest
Respect
Warm/cool colors
product
xylophone
Responsibility
weaving
visualize word families
ordered pairs/coordinate s parallel
Monoprint
Rhythm
quadrilateral
Rhythm
quotient
Roll
radius
Run
range
Self control
ray
Self control
rectangle
Skip
right angle
Slow
sphere
Slow motion
square
Sportsmanship
trapezoid
Stretching
triangle
Striking
turn around facts
Team games
value/place value
Team mate
vertex/vertices
Toes
volume
Toss
width
Warm up
4th Grade Language Arts alliteration
Math am/pm
Music Accompanist
analogy appendix
angles attribute
Allegro Andante
article
bar graph
audience (as listener and reader)
capacity
PE
Science components
Social Studies agriculture
Visual Arts Abstraction
Anchor Bounce Bound
conclusion effects
archaeologist artifact
Additive sculpture Analogous colors
Blend
Collapse
electric
barter / trade
Atmospheric perspective
Course
Defense
energy
chronology
Brush strokes
author’s purpose
computing
Composition
Drop
evidence
climate
Cartouche
captions
decimal
Countermelody
Encouragement
features
culture
Coil
dialogue
dividend
Crescendo
Endurance
flow
drought
Color wheel
evidence
divisor
Decrescendo
Fall
fossil
economy / economics
Complementary colors
fable
equation
Diction
Fly
heat
elevation
Craftsmanship
foreshadowing
equivalent representation
Dynamics
Freeze
hypothesis
explore / explorer
Egypt
image
expression
Ensemble
Heart rate
interaction
geography
Embellishment
imagery
hours/minutes
Fortissimo
Hold
interdependence
governor
Emphasize
interpret
intersecting
Improvisation
Hurl
light
industry(ies)
Exterior
italics
landmark
Instrument
Leap
magnetic
irrigation
Interior
legends
line plot
Instrument
Lower
model
landform(s)
Intermediate colors
literature
line segment
Largo
Melt
multiple
latitude / longitude
Judgment
metaphor
metric
Ledger lines
Offense
orbit
legislature
Landscape
mood
number sense
Lyrics
Pacing
organisms
Linear perspective
myth
pictograph
Major
Pause
parallel circuits
map elements: key, border, symbol, etc. merchant
outline
plot
Melody
Praise
prehistoric
Monochromatic
paraphrase
product
Metallaphone
Prance
relationship
migrate / mgrations mine / mining
parts of speech
quadrangle/qua drilateral
Minor
Shrink
series circuits
Mummification
passage
quotient
Notation
Sink
short circuit
physical / human characteristics pioneer
preposition
reasonable
Octave
Speed run
sound
precipitation
Negative/positive shape Neutrals
selection
reflection
Orchestra
Squash
specific
prehistoric
Organic shape
sentence fragment solution
rhombus
Pianissimo
Stop
structures
region(s)
Outline
tables
Pitch
Strategies
system
scarce / scarcity
Perspective
Mixed media
Movement
support text structure (types of expository structures, narrative, poetry) theme verb tense
unknown quantity word/standard/ expanded form
Presto
Stride
transport
resource(s)
Pharaoh
Rondo
Striking
zones
territory
Profile
Scales Sixteenth note
Toss Trapping
Proportion Relief print
Sixteenth rest
Repetition
Slur
Shading
Spiritual
Shape
Syncopation
Still life
Theme & variation triplet
Subtractive sculpture Unity value
5th Grade Language Arts bias
Music Adagio
bibliography
Math algebraic expression area/array
Amateur
citation/cite
composite
Arrangement
PE Cardiovascular Disease Components of fitness
Science atmosphere
Social Studies Adapt
Visual Arts Abstract
body systems
Artifact
Art elements
cells
Checks and balances Chronology(ical)
Contour
Emphasis
climax
congruence
Articulation
cooperation Creative thinking
colon
customary unit
Baroque
Culture
condensation
convey
decompose
Cannon
Data collection
created
Colony(ial) / colonist Constitution
criteria/on
equation
Chord
Defense
diversity
Continent
Geometric form
dependent clause
estimate
Cue
Effort
earth’s surface
Culture
Gestures
diagram (purpose of a diagram / graph / picture in text) focus
exponent
D.C.
Encourage-ment
evaporation
Democracy
Glaze
greatest common factor integer
D.S. al fine
Endurance
forces
Exploration
Hand-building
Expression
Equipment
functions
Globe
Horizontal
hyperbole
characteristics
Credit line
Fire
icon
intersecting
Genre
gasses
Government
Image
Interval
Fitness/ wellness FitnessGram
idiom
inverse
mass
Independence
Kiln
independent clause introductory paragraph main idea (stated and implied) metaphor
least common multiple line of symmetry
Key
Goals
mixture
Movement
Key signature
Graphing
models
Interdependenc e Loyalist
measure of central tendency
Moderato
Heart rate
motion
Migration
Orthogonal
metric unit
Musical
History of games/sports
multi-cellular
Natural resource(s)
Perspective
multi-syllabic words narrative (1st and 3rd person) onomatopoeia
ordered pair
Renaissance
Leadership
Neutralist
Pinch
perimeter
Ritardando
Patriot
Pottery
plane
Romantic
Lifetime activities Measuring distance
natural resources particles precipitation
Relief
personification
polygon
Sequence
Nutrition
processes
Primary / secondary sources Protest
plagiarism
prime
Sixteenth note
Offense
separated
Region
Rubric
point of view / perspective
probability
Sixteenth rest
Oral communication
speed
Revolution
Score
relevance (relevant information)
square root
Slur
Pacing
structures
Right(s) / responsibility(ies )
Slip
semi-colon
standard form
Spiritual
Problem solving
unicellular
Treason
Symmetrical balance
style
symmetry
Syncopation
Rules
vapor
Slavery
Va;ie
symbolism
variables
Speed run
variation
Taxation
Wash
synthesize
x, y axis
Theme & variation triplet
Sportsmanship
weather
Treaty
Wedging
thesis
x, y intercept
Spotting /spotter
weight
veto
voice
Strategies Team building Team Sports
Organic form
Rhythm