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Sample Vocabulary Terms
Prepared by Marzano Research Laboratory
May, 2009 Copyright Marzano Research Laboratory, 2009
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TableofContents
LANGUAGEARTSLOWERELEMENTARY.............................................................................................................. 3
LANGUAGEARTSUPPERELEMENTARY............................................................................................................... 6
LANGUAGEARTSMIDDLESCHOOL/JR.HIGHSCHOOL........................................................................................11
LANGUAGEARTSHIGHSCHOOL ........................................................................................................................16
MATHEMATICSLOWERELEMENTARY................................................................................................................21
MATHEMATICSUPPERELEMENTARY.................................................................................................................23
MATHEMATICSMIDDLESCHOOL/JR.HIGHSCHOOL...........................................................................................27
MATHEMATICSHIGHSCHOOL ...........................................................................................................................32
SCIENCELOWERELEMENTARY ..........................................................................................................................37
SCIENCEUPPERELEMENTARY ...........................................................................................................................40
SCIENCEMIDDLESCHOOL/JR.HIGHSCHOOL .....................................................................................................44
SCIENCEHIGHSCHOOL......................................................................................................................................49
SOCIALSTUDIESLOWERELEMENTARY ..............................................................................................................55
SOCIALSTUDIESUPPERELEMENTARY ...............................................................................................................62
SOCIALSTUDIESMIDDLESCHOOL/JR.HIGHSCHOOL .........................................................................................89
SOCIALSTUDIESHIGHSCHOOL........................................................................................................................115
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LanguageArts
LanguageArtsLowerElementary
Alphabet
Author
Back cover
Beginning
Beginning consonant
Blend
Book
Capitalization
Cartoon
Chapter
Character
Composition
Complete sentence
Comprehension
Consonant/consonant blend
Conversation
Cover
Date
Describe/Description
Dictionary
Different
Discussion
Draw/drawing
Ending
Ending consonant
Everyday language
Fairy tale
First name
Folk tale
Follow/give directions
Front cover
Glossary
Group discussion
Guest speaker
Illustrate
Initial
Keyboarding
Language
Last name
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Letter
Letter-sound relationship
Listening skill/ Active listening
Long vowel
Lowercase letter
Magazine
Main character
Main idea
Map
Margin
Mental image
Message
Middle
Movie
Name
Newspaper
Number word
Noun
Order of events
Photograph
Picture book
Picture dictionary
Poem
Predictable
Prewriting/Prewriting strategies
Print
Publish
Purpose
Question
Reread
Retell
Rhyme
Same
Short vowel
Sight word
Sign
Speech
Spelling
Spelling pattern
Symbol
Table of contents
Take turns/Share
Textbook
Theater
Title
Title page
Typing
Uppercase letter
Video/DVD
Villain
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Vocabulary
Vowel
Vowel combination
Vowel sound
Word
6
LanguageArtsUpperElementary
Abbreviation
Action word
Actor
Adjective
Adverb
Advertisement
Affix
Animation
Antonym
Apology
Apostrophe
Appendix
Asking permission
Audience
Audiotape
Auxiliary verb
Brainstorm
Capitalization
Card catalogue
Cause and effect
Central idea
Chapter title
Character development
Chart
Checklist
Childrens literature
Chronology
Citation
Closing sentence
Colon
Comma
Command
Commercial
Common noun
Compare
Complete sentence
Complex sentence
Compound word
Concluding statement
Conclusion
Consonant substitution
Construct meaning
Content-area vocabulary
Context clue
Contraction
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Contrast
Cue
Cursive
Custom
Declarative sentence
Decode
Definition
Detail
Diary
Directions
Director
Direct quote
Discussion/discussion leader
Double negative
Draft
Drama
Edit
Email
Encyclopedia
Ending
Essay
Example
Explanation
Expression
Fable
Facial expression
Fantasy
Fiction
First person
Form
Friendly letter
Genre
Gesture
Glossary
Grammar
Graphic artist
Graphic organizer
Graphics
Greeting
Guide words
Heading
Headline
Host/hostess
How question
Humor
Illustration
Imagery
Indentation
Index
Inference
Interjection
Internet
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Interrogative sentence
Introduction
Investigate
Invitation
Irregular plural noun
Journal
Key word
Learning log
Legend
Letter of request
Linking verb
List
Listening comprehension
Literature
Main idea
Meaning clue
Memory aid
Minor character
Miscue
Mood
Motivation
Multimeaning words
Multiple drafts
Multiple sources
Mystery
Myth
Negative
News
Newspaper
Nonfiction
Notes
Noun
Novel
Numerical adjective
Object
Opinion
Oral presentation
Organization
Outline
Pamphlet
Paragraph
Passage
Past tense
Peer review
Pen pal
Period
Personal letter
Personal pronoun
Phone directory
Phonetic analysis
Phrase
Pitch
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Plot
Plot development
Point of view
Posing a question
Plural
Possessive noun
Possessive pronoun
Posture
Preface
Prefix
Preposition
Prepositional phrase
Presentation
Preview
Prior knowledge
Pronoun
Pronounce
Proofread
Prop
Proper noun
Punctuation
Question mark
Quotation
Quotation marks
R-controlled
Rating
Reading strategy
Reading vocabulary
Regular plural noun
Regular verb
Request
Revise
Rhyming dictionary
Role play
Root word
Rules of conversation
Run-on sentence
Scan
Science fiction
Second person
Sensory details
Sentence fragment
Sentence structure
Sequential order
Setting
Short story
Signature
Simile
Singular noun
Singular
Skim
Sound effect
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Source
Special effect
Spoken text
Stay on topic
Story elements
Story map
Story structure
Subject
Subject-verb agreement
Suffix
Summarize
Summary
Summary sentence
Supporting detail
Suspense
Syllabication
Syllable
Symbolism
Synonym
Table
Tall tale
Target language
Tense
Text
Thank you letter
Theme
Theme music
Thesaurus
Third person
Timeline
Tone
Topic sentence
Typeface
Usage
Verb
Voice
Voice level
Volume
Web site
What question
When question
Why question
Where question
Who question
Word choice
Word family
Word search
Written directions
Written exchange
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LanguageArtsMiddleSchool/Jr.HighSchool
Action segment
Active listener
Adjective clause
Adjective phrase
Adverb clause
Adverb phrase
Almanac
Anglo-Saxon affix
Anglo-Saxon root
Argumentation
Assume/assumption
Atlas
Authors purpose
Autobiography
Background knowledge
Bibliography
Biographical sketch
Biography
Body language
Body of the text
Broadcast
Broadcast advertising
Business letter
Camera angle
Caption
Ca