Kindergarten
alphabet
back cover / front cover
date
drawing 
fairy tale  
first name / last name
follow / give directions  
letter  
letter - sound relationship   
listening skill 
number word 
picture book
picture dictionary  
poem
print   
retell  
rhyme   
sight word  
sign
speech  
Title/title page (introduction)
word
word families
First Grade
author / illustrator
blends  
capitalization  
chapter 
character   
complete
comprehension   
consonants/consonant blends
create  
describe
direction   
fantasy 
final   
illustrate  
initial 
language
magazine
order   
predict
punctuation (basic)
questions 
reality  
syllable
symbol  
uppercase/lowercase
vocabulary
vowel (long/short)
Second Grade
adjective
composition 
conversation
dictionary  
discussion  
everyday language   
fiction
folktale
glossary
group discussion
guest speaker   
main character  
main idea
margin  
mental image
message 
nonfiction
noun
predictable book
prewriting  
pronoun
publish 
purpose 
reread  
spelling pattern
table of contents
textbooks   
theater 
verb (action word)
Third Grade
abbreviation
adverb
antonyms
apostrophe  
chronological order 
complete sentence   
context clues
contraction
declarative
exclamatory
fact
interrogative
multi-meaning words 
opinion 
organization
plural  
possessive  
predicate   
prefixes
punctuation (commas)
root word
run-on sentence (introduction)
singular
story elements (character, setting, plot)   
subject 
suffixes
summarize   
supporting details  
synonyms
verb (types and functions) 
Fourth Grade
analogy
audience (as listeners and readers)
author's purpose
cause/effect
compare/contrast
double negatives
drawing conclusions 
encyclopedia
fable   
genre (introduction)
index   
making inferences
myth
outline
possessive nouns
proofread  
punctuation (quotation marks)
sentence fragment
simple predicate
simple subject  
thesaurus
title page (parts of) 
verb tense
Fifth Grade
alliteration
caption (identify)
comparative 
coordinating conjunctions 
hyperbole 
idiom (introduction)
interjections   
introductory paragraph  
main idea/stated and implied
metaphor
narrative   
onomatopoeia
parts of speech 
personification 
plot
point of view/perspective
prompt  
punctuation marks (colon, semi-colon)
reference source
root words (as aids in determining meaning) 
run-on sentence (correcting)   
simile
summary 
superlative 
text
theme
transitional words
Sixth Grade
affix   
almanac 
analogy (part to whole/function)
appositive  
caption (determine function)
chronology  
clause (dependent/independent)
common feature  
criticism   
dialect (introduction)
edit
literal vs. figurative
log 
mythology
oral tradition  
paraphrase  
phrases (adj., adv., prep., inf., etc.)
plagiarism
poetic element (e.g., rhyme, rhythm, and figurative language)  
point of view (1st, 3rd limited, and 3rd omniscient)
propaganda devices
proverb 
relevant/irrelevant
rephrasing  
stress  
tabloid 
textual features  
Seventh Grade
analogy (verb forms, rhymes)
anecdote
assumption /assume  
clarify
clause (adverb, introductory, etc)
compile
contract
convention  
culture 
documentary 
exposition (literary)
expository writing
expression (emphasis, stress, etc. in oral language)  
fluency 
generalization  
imagery 
inconsistency   
infinitive
interpretation  
literary elements (irony, mood, foreshadowing, flashback, tone, symbolism)
parallel structure  
projection  
prose
revision
sentence structure  
stereotype  
strategy
types of poetry 
viewpoint 
Eighth Grade
allusion (define concept with simple illustrations)
antecedent* (pronoun/antecedent agreement)  
bias
clincher sentence
coherent order  
composition structure (structural patterns in composition)   
cross-reference 
debate  
derivation
dramatization   
elaboration (supportive details) 
facilitator (role identification/groups)  
gerund and gerund phrase
infer from unstated assumptions
jargon  
logic (inductive/deductive reasoning)  
mnemonic device 
oral language techniques (inflection, enunciation, rate, and pitch)
participial phrase and participles 
persuasive writing techniques
preface 
reliability 
sensory detail  
shades of meaning   
synthesize/analyze  
tension 
thesis statement
writing process 
Ninth Grade
active listening skills
allusion (classical, Biblical, historical, mythological)
antecedent*
character motivation* 
citation*   
coherence*  
comma splice (comma fault)
couplet
descriptive*  writing (vivid details)  
dialect (uses of dialect)
diction*
dramatic monologue* 
elements of plot (rising action, conflict, climax, falling action)* 
epic
excerpt*
figurative language (simile, metaphor, personification, alliteration, onomatopoeia)*  
genre
intervening* word phrases or clauses in writing   
irony* (situational, verbal, and dramatic)  
narration*  
non-verbal feedback*
non-verbal language (gestures, body language)
omniscient* 
recurring themes
revise* 
Shakespearean English 
shift*  (tense/point of view)   
soliloquy   
target audience*
types of conflict (man vs. man, man vs. environment, man vs. himself, man vs. supernatural, external, internal)*   
Tenth Grade
allegory
ambiguity
assonance
censorship  
conjunctive adverbs
credible sources 
cultural perspective   
etymology
idiom (figurative language)
incongruity
juxtaposition
literary analysis   
logical fallacy 
MLA, APA (documentation styles) 
parallelism*
paraphrasing*   
persona 
précis
primary source/secondary source  
rebuttal*   
semantics
sentence variety
stream of consciousness
syntax
understatement (litotes) 
vernacular  
Kindergarten
above   
behind  
below   
calendar
circle  
clock   
day 
graph (introduction)
hour
in front
inside  
left
money   
months  
number  
number line
outside 
pattern
rectangle
right   
shape   
size
sorting 
square  
triangle
under   
week
year
zero
First Grade
addition
backward/ forward   
between 
chart   
coin
corner  
digit   
direction   
doubles 
even/odd
greater than
grouping
guess
half hour   
inch
less than   
lists   
measure 
minus   
minute  
numeral 
plus
pound   
solve   
subtraction 
sum
temperature 
total
   
Second Grade
cardinal number 
chance  
decreasing pattern  
difference
distance
foot (measurement)  
fraction
geometric shapes/figures
height  
increasing pattern  
length  
model   
numeric pattern 
ordinal number
outcome 
pattern extension   
quarter-hour
regroup 
second (time)   
set 
standard measurement
symmetry
table   
time interval   
whole number
width 
   
Third Grade
addend  
area
array   
commutative property 
data
decimal 
denominator
elapsed time
estimation
factor
graph (using different types)
horizontal  
measurement 
metric system   
multiple
letter/number coordinates  
number sentence 
numerator
perimeter
place value 
probability (conceptual)
product 
scale   
three-dimensional   
two-dimensional 
vertical
Fourth Grade
acute   
associative property
attributions
capacity
computation 
congruent
dividend
divisor 
equivalent
grid
hundredths  
identity property
mass
median
mode
obtuse  
quotient
reasonable  
similar (comparing figures)
tenths  
transformations (flips, slides, turns)
volume (conceptual)
zero property 
Fifth Grade
diameter
distributive property (numeric)
edges   
equation (modeling)
expanded form   
faces   
improper fraction   
intersecting (lines)
inverse operation
mean
metric units (meter, liter, gram) 
millions
mixed numbers   
parallel (lines)
perpendicular (lines)
plane
polygon (regular/irregular)   
proper fraction 
quadrilateral
radius  
ray 
standard form   
thousandths 
types of triangles (isosceles, equilateral, scalene, right, acute, obtuse)   
variable
vertex or vertices  
x, y axis   
  
Sixth Grade
 algebraic expression (conceptual modeling)
bias
composite
conjecture (with data)
coordinate plane (ordered pairs)
degrees (angle)
equation (solving)
evaluate
formula
function
inverse
measures of central tendency
odds (probability)
order of operations
percent
prime
probability
properties of shapes and figures
proportion
random
rate of change
ratio
reciprocal
sample
scale drawing
simplify
simulation
statistics
stem-and-leaf plot
tessellation
transformation
tree diagram
volume
Seventh Grade
acute triangle
area of complex shapes
area of irregular shapes
box & whisker plot
equiangular triangle
equilateral triangle
exponential notation
exponents
inequalities (number line)
integer
isosceles triangle
linear equation
multi-step equations
obtuse triangle
opposite
percents (above 100, below 1)
pi (approximation, i.e. 3.14, 22/7)
rational numbers
regular polygon
right triangle
scale factor
scalene triangle
scatter plots
similarity
surface area
Eighth Grade
adjacent (angle relationship)
alternate exterior angle
alternate interior angle
complementary
corresponding
cost per unit
dilation
distance formula (d=rt)
distributive property (algebraic)
experimental probability
exterior
infinite
intercept
interior
line of best fit (conceptual)
nonlinear equation
perfect square
Pythagorean theorem
scientific notation
sequences
slope intercept form
square root
supplementary
theoretical probability
vertical angles
vertical line test
Foundations I
accuracy
area
composite
coordinate system
cost per unit
greatest common factor
intercept
least common multiple
monomial
opposite
ordered pair
percent
perfect square
perimeter
precision
prime factorization
proportion
quadrilateral
ratio
reciprocal
scale drawing
slope
stem-and-leaf plot
surface area
tree diagram
volume
Foundations II
algebraic expression
coefficients
composite numbers
constants
coordinate (number line)
degree (polynomial)
exponential form
factored form
hypotenuse
inequalities
integer
like terms
linear equation
linear graph 
Pythagorean theorem
rational number
right triangle
similar triangles
verbal expression