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Academic Vocabulary Practice • Grade 2 • CD-104807
Math Math Math
bar graph base-ten system cent
Math Math Math
centimeter column cube
Math Math Math
customary system difference dime
One penny, written as 1¢, or $0.01.A number system that
uses ten digits, 0–9.A chart that uses bars to
stand for amounts.
A shape made of six squares put together.
It goes up and down vertically. A metric measure of length.
A coin worth ten cents, written as 10¢, or $0.10.
The answer after subtracting.A system of measurement commonly
used in the United States.
Academic Vocabulary Practice • Grade 2 • CD-104807
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dollar estimate even number
Math Math Math
expanded notation foot halves
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hexagon hundreds place inch
A number that can make pairs. To tell about how many.Paper money worth 100 cents,
written as $1.00.
The plural of half. A customary unit of length.A way to write a number to show
the value of each digit.
A customary unit of length equal to one-twelfth of a foot.
The numeral (as 8 in 856) three to the left of the decimal point.
A flat, closed figure with six straight sides.
Academic Vocabulary Practice • Grade 2 • CD-104807
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measure meter metric system
Math Math Math
minus nickel odd number
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one-fourth one-half one-third
A decimal system of measurement.The basic unit of length of the metric system.
To find out how long, big, or heavy something is.
A number that cannot make pairs.A coin worth five cents, written as 5¢ or $0.05.
The word for the (–) sign.
One of three equal parts. One of two equal parts. One of four equal parts.
Academic Vocabulary Practice • Grade 2 • CD-104807
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ones place partition pentagon
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picture graph place value quarter
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regroup row sphere
A flat, closed figure with five straight sides.
To separate into sections.The numeral (as 6 in 456) one to
the left of the decimal point.
A coin worth 25 cents, written as 25¢ or $0.25.
The value of where the digit is in the number, such as
hundreds, tens, and ones.
A chart that uses pictures to stand for amounts.
The shape of a ball.It goes across horizontally
in a straight line.
To show the same number in a different way by trading ones and
tens, tens and hundreds, and so on.
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Math Math Science
subtract tens place amphibian
Science Science Science
attract breathe conclusion
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constellation consumer data
A frog, a toad, a salamander, or another animal that has smooth skin
and lives where it is wet or moist.
The numeral (as 5 in 359) in the tens place.
To take away one number from another.
An ending, result, or outcome. To take in air and blow it out. To pull things closer.
Facts or information collected to learn about something.
A living thing that depends on others for food.
A group of stars seen from Earth.
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experiment flower fruit
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heart hypothesis investigation
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larva life cycle lung
The part of a plant that holds the seeds.
The male and female parts of a plant.
A test in which you observe actions and their effects to learn something.
To find out about something in detail.A guess or prediction based on what you already know.
The organ in the chest with muscles that pump blood
throughout the body.
One of a pair of organs in the chest that help the body take in oxygen
and get rid of carbon dioxide.
The changes in any living thing from its start to its adult form.
The form of an insect just after hatching.
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magnetic magnify mammal
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mass matter moon
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muscle observe offspring
An animal with hair on its skin. To make something seem larger. Able to stick to a magnet.
A natural object in space that travels around a planet.
Anything that has mass and takes up space.
How much there is of an object.
The young of animals.To watch something closely
to get information.A tissue in the body that can squeeze
and relax again and again.
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oxygen planet pole
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producer pump pupa
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repel reptile root
The north or south end of a magnet.An object in space that
travels around a star.A gas in the air.
The stage in an insect’s life when it is inside a cocoon or other case.
To force a gas or a liquid to move. An organism that
makes its own food.
The part of a plant that is underground.
A snake, an alligator, a turtle, or another animal with an outer covering of scales or plates.
To push things away.
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scientific inquiry scientist seedling
Science Science Science
soil solar system sprout
Science Science Technology
stem trait communication
A plant that has begun to grow from a seed.
A person who is trained to solve scientific problems.
A question about science.
To start to grow from a seed or to start to grow buds.
The sun and all of the bodies that travel around it.
The tiny pieces of rock, rotting material, and living things that make up the top layer of Earth.
Sending and receiving messages. A body feature or a behavior. The long main part of a plant.
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Technology Technology Technology
construction cursor delete
Technology Math Technology
desktop digit file
Technology Technology Technology
font graphic hardware
To get rid of text or pictures in a computer file.
The blinking bar on the computer screen that marks the place to type.
The process of building something.
Information that is stored under a single name.
Any of the numbers 1 to 9, usually including 0.
The display on a computer screen of a background and small pictures
of programs and files.
The parts of a computer system.A picture or a diagram used as an illustration.
A style of type.
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image insert keyboard
Technology Technology Technology
manufacture monitor mouse
Technology Technology Technology
multimedia personal computer presentation
The part of the computer with rows of keys that allow you to type.
To add text or pictures at a particular point on a page
displayed on a computer screen.
Something made to look like a person or a thing.
A small device used to control the cursor on a computer.
The part of a computer that has a screen.
To make things in a factory.
The act of presenting something to explain or show.
A small computer used by one person or a few people.
Combining more than one form of communication such as sound, video, and photos.
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problem scroll software
Technology Technology Language Arts
solution transportation adjective
Language Arts Language Arts Language Arts
antonym author capitalize
The programs that run on a computer.
To make text and pictures move up, down, left, or right
on a computer screen.Something that needs to be solved.
A word to describe a noun or a pronoun.
Moving people and things from one place to another.
A way to solve a problem.
To begin a word with an uppercase, or capital, letter.
Someone who writes a story, an article, or a book.
A word with the opposite meaning of another word.
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Language Arts Language Arts Language Arts
cause-effect chapter character
Language Arts Language Arts Language Arts
compound word comprehension consonant
Language Arts Language Arts Language Arts
contraction detail dictionary
A person or an animal in a story. A section of a book.The connection between
an event and the reason for it.
A letter or a sound that is not a vowel.
The act of understanding something. A word made of two smaller words.
A book that lists the meanings, spellings, and pronunciations
of words.A piece of information.
A word made by shortening two words.
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exclamation point explanatory fluency
Language Arts Language Arts Language Arts
glossary heading illustrator
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informative main idea narrative
Able to read easily and with expression.
To clarify or explain.The mark at the end of a sentence
that shows strong feeling.
Someone who draws pictures for a story, an article, or a book.
A title for a section of information.A list of words and their meanings,
usually at the end of a book.
A story, a description, or an account of events.
The most important idea about the topic of a paragraph or a section.
Providing information or knowledge.
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opinion paragraph period
Language Arts Language Arts Language Arts
phonics play poem
Language Arts Language Arts Language Arts
prediction prefix punctuation
The dot that marks the end of a sentence.
A group of sentences about one main idea.
What a person thinks about something or someone.
A piece of writing set out in lines. A story that actors perform.The connections between letters
and their sounds.
The use of question marks, commas, periods, and other marks in writing to
help make the meaning clear.
A word part with its own meaning and added to the beginning
of a word.
A good guess about what will happen next in a story or what
a book will be about.
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question mark rhyme sentence
Language Arts Language Arts Language Arts
setting strategy suffix
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summary syllable synonym
A group of words that show a complete thought.
To have the same ending sounds.The mark at the end of a sentence
that shows a question.
A word part with its own meaning and is added to the end of a word.
Steps to take to read with understanding.
Where and when a story takes place.
A word with the same meaning as another word.
A word or a part of a word with only one vowel sound.
A shortened form of a story or an article.
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table of contents vowels celebration
Social Studies Social Studies Social Studies
colony event future
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heroism legend liberty
A kind of party held to remember a special event.
The letters a, e, i, o, u, (y), and their sounds.
A list of the chapters in a book.
Times that have not happened yet. Something that happens.A group of people from
one land who live and work together in a new land.
Freedom. A story first told long ago.The actions of a hero,
or brave person.
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modern nation past
Social Studies Social Studies Social Studies
present symbol Thanksgiving
Social Studies Social Studies Geography
time line tradition climate
Times that have gone by. A country. Of the present time.
The holiday of Thanksgiving Day, held in the United States on the fourth Thursday in November.
A picture or a thing that stands for an idea.
Times we are living in.
The usual weather conditions in a place.
A set of practices or beliefs that are passed down from families
or cultures over many years.
A line that shows events in order of time.
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coast desert direction
Geography Geography Geography
east equator globe
Geography Geography Geography
grid gulf hemisphere
The way in which something moves or points.
Dry, sandy land with few plants and little rainfall.
Land that meets a sea.
A map of Earth shown on a ball.The imaginary circle around Earth
that is halfway between the North and South Poles.
Toward the right side of a world map.
A half of Earth.A large area of ocean partly
surrounded by land.Lines that cross a map to help
readers find a location.
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island landform location
Geography Geography Geography
map key mountain north
Geography Geography Geography
ocean route rural
Where on Earth a place is found. A natural feature of Earth’s surface. Land surrounded by water.
Toward the top of a world map.Land with great height and steep
sides that is higher than a hill.The key to the symbols on a map.
Having to do with country life.The path from one
location to another.Any of the largest bodies
of salt water on Earth.
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south urban west
Civics and Economics Civics and Economics Civics and Economics
buyer citizen elect
Civics and Economics Civics and Economics Civics and Economics
election goods govern
Toward the left side of a world map. Having to do with city life. Toward the bottom of a world map.
To choose someone by voting.A person born in a country or who becomes a member of a country.
Someone who buys something with money.
To lead a city, a state, or a country. Things for sale.An event at which people
vote for someone.
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Civics and Economics Civics and Economics Civics and Economics
government governor honesty
Civics and Economics Civics and Economics Civics and Economics
justice law mayor
Civics and Economics Civics and Economics Civics and Economics
need president price
The quality of being fair or truthful. The leader of a state’s government.A group that makes laws and
sees that they are obeyed.
The leader of a city’s government. A rule that everyone must follow.Fair treatment according to
laws or ideas of fairness.
How much money something costs.The leader of a country’s
government.Something that a person
must have to live.
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Civics and Economics Civics and Economics Civics and Economics
product purchase responsibility
Civics and Economics Civics and Economics Civics and Economics
rights seller service
Civics and Economics Civics and Economics Civics and Economics
state tax vote
An action that someone must take. To buy something.Something that is made
or grown to sell.
Work that a person does for someone.
Someone who sells a product or a service.
Basic freedoms.
To make a choice to decide who will win an election
or to decide on an action.Money paid to the government.
An area that makes up part of a country and has its own government.
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Civics and Economics Art Art
want actor balance
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band cast colorful
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compose costume dancer
To hold the body in place without falling.
A person who has a part in a play or a movie.
Something that a person would like to have.
Having bright colors. All of the actors in a play or a movie. A group that plays music.
A person who dances.Clothes worn by an actor
or a dancer.To write something, especially music.
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Art Art Art
director guitar instrument
Art Art Art
musician note pattern
Art Art Art
pluck pottery realistic
An object used to make music.A musical instrument with strings and a long neck.
A person who directs, or takes charge of, the actors and
the action in a play or a movie.
A design with lines, colors, or shapes that repeat.
A sound made by a singer or an instrument.
Someone who plays or composes music.
In a way that seems real. Containers made by hand from clay.To play a stringed instrument with quick pulls of the strings.
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Art Art Art
rehearse scenery sculpture
Art Art Art
solo stage stretch
Art Art Technology
strum twirl Internet
A work of art made from clay, wood, stone, or metal.
The painted background on a stage.To practice a play or music before
performing for an audience.
To push out an arm, a leg, or other body part as far as it can go.
The raised area where actors perform a play.
A piece of music for one singer or one musician.
The world’s largestcomputer network.
To turn around very fast.To play a stringed instrument by
passing the fingers over the strings.
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