Vocabulary Reference Lists

Vocabulary Reference Lists

• Written Language Transition Vocabulary

• Math Vocabulary : WA State Standards

• High Frequency Academic Vocabulary

• Common Prefixes

• Common Suffixes

• Common Latin and Greek Roots

Compiled by LorraineMaida, MA, CCC-SLP

Writing and Oral Language Transition vocabulary

Expository versus Narrative writing

Elements of Exposition / Expresses strong ideas, includes background info
Begins with a thesis statement or topic sentence
Uses accurate facts and information to support thesis statement or elaborate on topic sentence
Uses hooks/leads and expository endings/clinchers
Organizes information logically and sequentially
Uses transitions that enhance specific organizational scheme:
Definitions
Classification
Sequence
Compare/Contrast
Problem/Solution
Cause/Effect
Repetition and Emphasis
Summary and Conclusion
Uses graphic organizers that vary by mode
Elements of Narration / Involves the basic story components
Six basic plots of fiction: Boy meets Girl, Good Guys versus Bad Guys, Lost and Found, Character with a problem or goal, Character versus nature, Crime and Punishment or Mystery and Solution.
Focused Middle
Creation of dramatic tension and suspense by use of setbacks or complications
Satisfying resolutions or learned lessons or overall message
Chronological Organization :Time related transitions
Graphic Organizers include: storyboards, timelines, plot
outlines, character descriptions.

Common Transitions List A

One way ……Another Way

One……Equally important

First…….Another……Next

First…….Second……Third

First…..Then

First…..Along with….Likewise

At First…..After

The first…….The second

One……Then…….Another

One…….Also

One…..another…..last

One example…..Another example

A good…..A better…..The best

One…..Another…..Finally

One….Another……Next

First of all……Second……Last

First of all……Next…….The final

First of all……The next…….Another

First of all…..In addition……Finally

First of all…..Also

One…..One other…..Along with…..Last

First…..In addition…..Equally important

To start..additionally..furthermore..Last

As soon as..Next…….Later…..In the end

To begin…..Then…..Consequently

It started when…..As a result…..Then…..Therefore

Story Transitions/Connectors List

A day later

After

After that

After we walked a mile

Afterwards

All of a sudden

Almost as quickly

An hour later

Around Noon

As

As soon as

At dawn

At dusk

At first I saw

At the same time

Before

By four o’clock

By the time I arrive

During

When

When spring came

When we arrived

While

Early in the morning

Finally

For awhile

For the next few days

Hours went by

Immediately

In between the time

In just twenty minutes

In no time at all

In the evening

In the late afternoon

In the meantime

In the spring

Just as

Just before dawn

Just then

Last week

Later

Later on

Meanwhile

Never

Next one evening

On Friday

On December tenth

Quickly

Right away

Several weeks later

Some time later

Soon

Suddenly

That afternoon

That night

The following day

The next day

Then

The Academic Word List

The Academic Word List, compiled by Coxhead (2000), consists of 570 word families that are not in the most frequent 2,000 words of English but which occur reasonably frequently over a very wide range of academic texts. These 570 words are grouped into ten sublists that reflect word frequency and range. A word like analyze falls into Sublist 1, which contains the most frequency words, while the word adjacent falls into Sublist 10 which includes the least frequent (amongst this list of high incidence and high utility words). The following ten sublists contain the headwords of the families in the Academic Word List. In other words, the ten sublists contain the most frequent form of the word, more often a noun or verb form, although there may be one or more important related word forms. For example, the headword analyze would also include analyst, analytic, analytical and analytically in the word family.

The Academic Word List is not restricted to a specific field of study. That means that the words are useful for learners studying in disciplines as varied as literature, science, health, business, and law. This high utility academic word list does not contain technical words likely to appear in only one, specialized field of study such as amortization, petroglyph, onomatopoeia, or cartilage. Two-thirds of all academic English words come from Latin, French (through Latin) or Greek. Understandably, knowledge of the most high incidence and high utility academic words in English can significantly boost a student’s comprehension level of school-based reading material. Secondary students who are taught these high-utility academic words and routinely placed in contexts requiring their usage are likely to be able to master academic material with more confidence and efficiency, wasting less time and energy in guessing words or consulting dictionaries than those who are only equipped with the most basic 2000-3000 words that characterize ordinary conversation.

Color-code your vocabulary walls and show all forms on the wall whenever possible -- Noun (Blue), Verb (Red), Adjective (Green), Adverb (Yellow) and show all forms on your wall. For example, analyze (red verb), analysis (blue noun), analytically (yellow adverb) etc.

Averil Coxhead’s website:

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Mathematics vocabulary by Grade Level as Introduced in the New Math Standards

**List borrowed from Instructional Facilitator, Mary Morris, Tacoma Public Schools/OSPI draft doc.

Words starting with: / Kindergarten / First Grade / Second Grade / Third Grade / Fourth Grade / Fifth Grade
A / add (3)
addition (3)
angle (3) / attribute/ property (3) / angle, right / area / angle, acute
angle, obtuse
axis, horizontal
axis, vertical
B / base (geometry)
C / circle (3)
compare (3) / chart (3) / coin (3) / closed figure
complete
conclude
conclusion
correct / certain
common
denominator
congruent
convert
coordinate
D / data (3)
difference (3)
digit (3)
divide (3)
division (3) / denominator diagonal disagree / decimal / decompose
determine
diagram
dimensions
divisible
E / equal (3) / equation (3)
equivalent (4)
expression (3) / equally likely / evaluate
F / figure (3) / fraction (3) / fewer than
fewest / factor
formula
G / greater than (3) / graph (3)
greatest (3) / grid / greatest common
factor
H / hexagon (4) / hundreds (3) / hundredths / height
I / information (3) / include
inequality
intersecting lines / impossible
improper
fractions
K / key (graph)
kite
L / less than (3)
line (3)
location (3) / least (3) / label
line plot
line segment / less likely
likely
lowest terms / least common
multiple
line graph
linear
linearly related
M / measure (3)
more than (3) / most (3) / multiplication (3)
multiply (3) / model / median
mode
more likely
multiple / mean
N / number (3)
number line (3) / number, even (3)
number, odd (3) / number, whole (3)
number pattern (3) / numerator / number, mixed / number,
composite
number, prime
O / order (3) / ones (3) / operation / octagon
ordered pair / origin
P / pattern (3)
problem (3) / place value (3)
property/
attribute (3) / parallel
parallelogram
perimeter
perpendicular
pictograph
point
population
product / pentagon
plot
polygon
polygon, regular
probability
Q / quadrilateral / quotient
R / rectangle (3)
rule (3) / relation (3)
represent (3)
rhombus/ rhombi (3) / ruler (3) / round to the
nearest / range
remainder
S / square (3)
subtract (3)
subtraction (3)
symbol (3) / side (3)
solve (4)
survey (3) / sum (3) / scale
set
straightedge
student / simplify (with
directions) / scale (axis)
symmetry
T / triangle (3) / table (3)
tally/tallies (3)
tens (3)
title (3)
trapezoid (3) / thousands (3)
total (3) / thermometer / tenths / thousandths
triangle, acute
triangle,
equilateral
triangle,
isosceles
triangle, obtuse
triangle, right
triangle, scalene
U / unlikely
V / value (3) / vertex/(vertices) / variable
W / width

Most Common Suffixes

Common Latin and Greek Word Roots

ROOT / MEANING / EXAMPLES
-ast(er)-(G) / star / asteroid, astronomy
-audi- (L) / hear / audible, audience
-auto- (G) / self / automatic, autopsy
-bene- (L) / good / benefit, benign
-bio- (G) / life / biography, biology
-chrono- (G) / time / chronic, synchronize
-dict- (L) / say / dictate, diction
-duc- (L) / lead, make / deduce, produce
-gen- (L) / give birth / gene, generate
-geo- (G) / earth / geography, geology
-graph- (G) / write / autograph, graph
-jur-, -jus- (L) / law / jury, justice
-log-, -logue- (L) / thought / logic, obloquy
-luc- (L) / light / lucid, translucent
-man(u)- (L) / hand / manual, manure
-mand-, -mend- (L) / order / demand, recommend
-mis-, -mit- (L) / send / missile, transmission
-omni- (L) / all / omnivorous
-path- (G) / feel / empathy, pathetic
-phil- (G) / love / philosophy, bibliophile
-phon- (G) / sound / phonics, telephone
-photo- (G) / light / photograph, photon
-port- (L) / carry / export, portable
-qui(t)- (L) / quiet, rest / acquit, tranquil
-scrib-, -script- (L) / write / ascribe, script
-sens-, -sent- (L) / feel / resent, sensitive
-tele- (G) / far off / telecast, telephone
-terr- (L) / earth / terrain, territory
-vac- (L) / empty / evacuate, vacate
-vid-, -vis- (L) / see / visible, video