O.A.A. Reading and Math Vocabulary Week 1
Your child will be completing activities at school to reinforce the vocabulary. Please have your child review the words nightly and a vocabulary assessment will be given next Friday. The students will be expected to give the vocabulary word to a given definition. A word bank will be provided.
Synonyms- words that mean the same
Homophones- words that sound alike but are spelled differently and have different meanings.
Contraction- a shortened form of two words that uses an apostrophe to show that a letter or letters have been left out.
Genre- a type, or kind , of literature
Details- important ideas or events from a reading selection
Characters- the people, animals, or creatures in a story
Selection- a synonym for passage
Setting- the time and place a story happens, or takes place
Character traits- a synonym for characteristics; words that describe a character
Main idea- the most important idea in a selection
Minimum- the lowest number in a set of data
Sum- the answer to an addition problem
Product- the answer to a multiplication problem
Estimate- find a number close to the given number
Difference- the answer to a subtraction problem
Area- the space that covers the inside of a shape
Mode- the number that appears most often in a set of data
Maximum- the highest number in a set of data.
Perimeter- the length around all sides of a shape