Reading Academic Vocabulary

article

• the reading passage
• wrote the story
• why something happened and what happened BECAUSE of it
• the main point of the whole story

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.9

CCSS.RI.5.9

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

author

• wrote the story
• the reading passage
• a person in a story
• something someone believes

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.3

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

cause/ effect

• why something happened and what happened BECAUSE of it
• order things happen in time years
• easy to understand
• put together

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4E

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

central idea

• the main point of the whole story
• a picture that shows information
• the last sentence in an idea
• problem

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.2

CCSS.RI.3.2

CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

character

• a person in a story
• what a word means
• tell about something
• words that tell how something looks or feels

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

chart

• a picture that shows information
• gives lots of details
• a small important part of something
• works well

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.7

CCSS.RI.3.7

CCSS.RI.4.7

CCSS.RL.3.7

CCSS.RL.4.7

chronological order

• order things happen in time years
• things that happen in a story
• proof
• tell why or how

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

claim

• something someone believes
• shows or tells
• something that can be proved true
• a thought

clear

• easy to understand
• a picture in a book
• words that help you imagine something
• make better

Tags

CCSS.RF.2.3E

CCSS.RF.2.3F

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

closing sentence

• the last sentence in an idea
• guess using clues and background knowledge
• gives facts or information
• an important thought

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.2

CCSS.RI.3.2

CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.4.2