After speaking with my grade level, they have decided to focus on social studies and science academic vocabulary for grades. WE give common assessments in third grade, so I will be following what they have done in the past. These words will always help your children, so please continue to review with them. At the end of each day, I will add a text feature with its definition. These will be the vocabulary word we focus on for the next few weeks.
Government Vocabulary
Federal Government
State Government
Local Government
Judicial Branch
Legislative Branch
Executive Branch
President
Vice President
Governor
Lieutenant Governor
Mayor
City Council
*Matter- Matter is anything that takes up space.
*Mass- Mass is the amount of space that an object takes up.
Volume- is the amount of space matter takes up
*We use properties to describe things.
*Properties of Matter are things we can describe using our senses.
*Size
*Color
*Shape
*Texture
*Hardness
Text Features with Non-Fiction
THESE NON-FICTION FEATURES ORGANIZE NON-FICTION TEXT AND HELP READERS KNOW WHAT IS IMPORTANT!
Nonfiction Text Features Vocabulary
Table of Contents: at the beginning of a book, shows names of sections/topics and page numbers in the order they are told
Map: helps the reader understand where things and places are in the world
Bold Print: makes important words stand out
Illustration: hand drawn picture that helps the reader understand how they can visualize it
Graph: a picture that organizes information with numbers
Diagram: a drawing that shows parts of something with labels
Photograph: a picture made with a camera that shows exactly how things look in real life
Italic Print: slanted text that identifies new or important words
Index: list of words alphabetically and gives page numbers where the words occur, or are talked about in the text
Heading: helps the reader know what information they are about to read about in that section
Glossary: alphabetical list of words with their meanings, like a mini dictionary
Caption: the words next to a picture that help the reader better understand a picture, or photograph and how it relates to the text
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