Grade-Level Vocabulary
Academic Vocabulary 1
Academic Vocabulary 2
Academic Vocabulary 3
Reading Comprehension
100
synonyms for weak
What are frail, feeble, or faint?
100
summarize
What is to give a shortened version of a story?
100
adverb
What is a word that describes a verb?
100
proofread
What is to read something looking for errors?
100
What did the grandfather do after the steamship landed in the New World?
What is he explored North America by train and by riverboat?
200
amazed
What is astounded or surprised greatly?
200
main idea
What is the most important idea?
200
subject
What is the who or what that does something in a sentence?
200
compund word
What is 2 words put together to form a larger word?
200
On p. 73, in what ways was North America different from grandfather's village in Japan? How do you know?
What is North America had deserts and hugh cities of factories. I know these things were unfamiliar to the grandfather because the author says they amazed, bewildered, and excited him?
300
bewildered
What is completely confused or puzzled?
300
supporting details
What is additional information that supports the main idea?
300
verb
What is the action or state of being word in a sentence?
300
author
Who is the person who writes the story?
300
What is the main idea of p. 75, paragraph 1? What details support that idea?
What is the gradnfather loved California? He liked the sunlight, the mountains, and the seacoast.
400
towering
What is very high?
400
thesaurus
What is a book of synonyms?
400
fact
What is something that can be proven to be true?
400
illustrator
Who is the person who draws the pictures?
400
Why did the grandfather buy a large house in the city?
What is probably because his daughter was accustomed to likfe in a big city because she had been raised in San Francisco? He wanted her to be comfortable.
500
longed
What is desired greatly; yearned?
500
sequence
What is to put events in the order they occur?
500
opinion
What is someone's personal feelings or beliefs?
500
plot
What are the events that happen in a story?
500
Create a timeline for the major events of the grandfather's life.
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