STAAR Reading Academic Vocabulary (Cumulative)

annotation/annotating/annotate

• A process of marking and explaining text
• A type of bird
• A cooking method
• A mathematical operation

Tags

CCSS.RF.5.3A

CCSS.RF.5.4A

CCSS.RF.5.4B

CCSS.RF.5.4C

CCSS.RI.6.10

collaboration/collaborate

• Working alone where each member is heard, and takes ownership of the product/activity

• Working in a group where each member is heard, and takes ownership of the product/activity

• Working in silence where each member is heard, and takes ownership of the product/activity

• Working at night where each member is heard, and takes ownership of the product/activity

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

collaboration/collaborate

• Working alone where each member is heard, and takes ownership of the product/activity

• Working in a group where each member is heard, and takes ownership of the product/activity

• Working in silence where each member is heard, and takes ownership of the product/activity

• Working at night where each member is heard, and takes ownership of the product/activity

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

context

• Context is the background or situation for something
• Context is a type of food
• the words, sentences, or passages that precede or follow a specific word, sentence, or passage

• Context is a planet in the solar system

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

decoding

• A process of understanding the meaning of a code
• A process of comprehending a word

• A process of reading a word fast

• a process in applying knowledge of letter sound relationships in order to sound out a word

Tags

CCSS.RF.5.3A

CCSS.RF.5.4A

CCSS.RF.5.4B

CCSS.RF.5.4C

CCSS.RF.4.4B

fluency

• the ability to read at appropriate rate with accuracy, expression, and appropriate phrasing

• A measure of how well a person speaks a foreign language
• the ability to sound out a word

• the ability to read extremely fast

multisyllabic word

• A word with one syllable
• A word with two syllables
• A word with three syllables
• A word with more than one syllable

Tags

CCSS.RF.5.3A

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

topic

• a subject, idea, or issue that is the focus of a discussion, essay, article, or other work

• the ability to read fast

• apply knowledge of letter sound relationships

• adding notes or comments to a text to mark significant features and or personal commentary

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

When a character says or does something that’s the opposite of what you expect.

• memory moment

• contrast and contradiction

• aha moment

• tough question

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.3.3

When the character asks himself a really difficult question.

• aha moment

• contrast and contradiction

• tough question

• words of the wiser

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.3.3