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