Academic Vocabulary

Pretty and beautiful are examples of 

• Synonyms
• Antonyms
• Homophones
• Pronouns

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4A

CCSS.L.4.4A

CCSS.L.4.5C

CCSS.L.5.4A

CCSS.L.5.5C

Piece of cake is an example of 

• detail
• summarize
• verb
• Idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

Westland HS is a 

• Verb
• Noun
• concept
• detail

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.2

CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RL.3.1

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.4.1

There, their, they're are examples of 

• homphones
• synonyms
• analysis
• compound.

Tags

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

Summarize means to 

• give the main ideas.
• make an educated guess.
• look at the parts to understand the whole.

Tags

CCSS.RF.4.4A

CCSS.RF.4.4B

CCSS.RF.4.4C

CCSS.RF.5.3A

CCSS.RF.5.4A

A compound is 

• a word or phrase that expresses feelings
• an idea or thought
• an item of information
• two words put together to make a new word.

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4D

Words with opposite meanings are 

• adverbs.
• verbs.
• antonyms.
• idioms.

Tags

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

An idiom is

• a word that sounds like other words.
• an action word.
• an expression that means something different from meanings of individual words.
• an educated guess.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

How a word is being used is the 

• context.
• adjective.
• verb.
• adverb.

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4E

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

Significant means

• idiom.
• to conclude by knowing the facts.
• to make an educated guess.
• very important or major.

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.4