STAAR Vocabulary

To notice or recognize a difference between people or things

• Distinguish

• Context

• Draw a Conlusion

• Determine

Tags

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.L.5.6

CCSS.L.6.2B

CCSS.L.6.6

Words are used to help describe a meaning to another word.

• Context

• Determine

• Develop

• Distinguish

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

to make easier to understand by giving more information

• Develop

• Determine

• Context

• Distinguish

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4E

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

To know and say what something is

• Identify

• Conclude

• Purpose

• Infer

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2E

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.L.5.6

CCSS.L.6.2B

CCSS.L.6.6

To show that something is likely or true.

• Suggest

• Develop

• Purpose

• Context

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.W.5.2D

To give or help

• Contribute

• Purpose

• Suggest

• Analyze

Tags

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.L.5.6

CCSS.L.6.2B

CCSS.L.6.6

To study something closely and carefully

• Analyze

• Conclude

• Distinguish

• Contribute

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

To form an opinion from evidence in the text

• Infer

• Contribute

• Purpose

• Identify

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

The reason why something happened

• Purpose

• Conclude

• Develop

• Context

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4E

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

To bring something to an end

• Conclude

• Infer

• Identify

• Purpose

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4E

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C