Tier 2 Words - 3rd grade

An apple is an ______ of a fruit.

• example

• event

_____ the balls in order of biggest to smallest.

• assist

• arrange

Wow the car is so wet! I think rain is the _____

• effect

• cause

Those twins look the same except that one is a little taller. They look very ______.

• similar

• typical

When you use clues to make a guess, you ______

• adapt

• infer

We have so much trash on the playground. This problem needs a ______

• climate

• solution

This word means finding what is similar and different.

• construct

• compare

These pants are blue and these pants are red. That's one way they ______.

• compete

• contrast

This is another way to say: build.

• construct

• convert

When you _____, you tell all about the details of something

• arrange

• describe