Domain Vocabulary Across Subject Areas

EnglishVocabularyAges 9–11

Acquire and use accurately academic and domain-specific vocabulary relevant to grade-level topics, including words that signal precise meaning in informational texts across subject areas

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Use context and a glossary to explain precise academic and subject vocabulary.

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Use the supplied mini-glossaries; no external reference needed. Do not count looking up a provided definition as recall. Open Show (S), then Guided (G), then Try (T). Hide earlier work and keys before Try. Use only the supplied stage material; do not invent additional cards. Pause or split the session if needed.

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partial: Acquire and use accurately academic and domain-specific vocabulary relevant to grade-level topics, including words that signal precise meaning in informational texts across subject areas
Small cross-domain glossary application, not broad independent vocabulary acquisition.
partial: Identify and define academic vocabulary (e.g., compare, contrast, summarise, evidence, interpret) used across multiple subject areas and use these words accurately in discussion and writing
Small cross-domain glossary application, not broad independent vocabulary acquisition.
partial: Determine the meaning of domain-specific words encountered in science, social studies, or maths texts (e.g., ecosystem, democracy, numerator) using context, glossaries, and prior knowledge
Small cross-domain glossary application, not broad independent vocabulary acquisition.
partial: Use newly acquired academic and domain-specific vocabulary in sentences that demonstrate understanding of precise meaning and appropriate context
Small cross-domain glossary application, not broad independent vocabulary acquisition.
partial: When {{name}} is studying a topic in science or history, do they pick up and correctly use the specific vocabulary for that subject — like "erosion," "parliament," or "habitat"?
Small cross-domain glossary application, not broad independent vocabulary acquisition.

Small cross-domain glossary application, not broad independent vocabulary acquisition.

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Identify and define academic vocabulary (e.g., compare, contrast, summarise, evidence, interpret) used across multiple subject areas and use these words accurately in discussion and writing
Determine the meaning of domain-specific words encountered in science, social studies, or maths texts (e.g., ecosystem, democracy, numerator) using context, glossaries, and prior knowledge
Use newly acquired academic and domain-specific vocabulary in sentences that demonstrate understanding of precise meaning and appropriate context

“When your child is studying a topic in science or history, do they pick up and correctly use the specific vocabulary for that subject — like "erosion," "parliament," or "habitat"?”

Curriculum record

Type: Language
Subject: English
Domain: Vocabulary
Age range: Ages 9–11

Standards

ccss-ela:L.4.6ccss-ela:L.5.6ccss-ela:RI.4.4ccss-ela:RI.5.4