California Treasures, Scope and Sequence: Vocabulary
California Treasures
Vocabulary Scope and Sequence K-6
Vocabulary words were chosen using the following researchbased frequency lists:
1) Living Word Vocabulary lists by grade level
2) Avril Coxheads’s list of High-Incidence Academic Words
3) Andrew Biemiller’s Words Worth Teaching lists
California Treasures, Scope and Sequence: Vocabulary
Grade K
*Oral Vocabulary and Intensive Vocabulary words taught using Oral Vocabulary Cards.
Start Smart
Vocabulary Concepts: Names, Opposites,
Position Words
Unit 1,
Week 1
Oral Vocabulary: animal,
imitate, protect, resemble,
together
Vocabulary Concept: Size
Words
Unit 6,
Week 1
Unit 1,
Week 2
Oral Vocabulary: activity,
cooperate, exciting, exhausted,
gather
Vocabulary Concept: Same
and Different
Oral Vocabulary: celebrate,
change, eager, occasion,
relative
Vocabulary Concept: Size
Words
Oral Vocabulary: compete,
favorite,
friend, hobby, partner
Vocabulary Concept: Color
Words
Oral Vocabulary: assist, game,
honest,
pleasant, world
Vocabulary Concept: Number
Words
Unit 6,
Week 2
Unit 1,
Week 3
Unit 2,
Week 1
Unit 2,
Week 2
Unit 6,
Week 3
Unit 7,
Week 1
Unit 7,
Week 2
Oral Vocabulary: borrow,
equipment,
frequently, neighborhood,
organize
Vocabulary Concept:
Sequence Words
Oral Vocabulary: admire,
community, deliver, schedule,
worker
Vocabulary Concept: Words
That Compare
Oral Vocabulary: alert,
celebration, job,
precise, repair
Vocabulary Concept:
Sequence Words
Oral Vocabulary: blustery,
chilly, cloud,
drizzle, weather
Vocabulary Concept: Sound
Words
Oral Vocabulary: mild, month,
season,
shiver, warning
Vocabulary Concept: Words
That Compare
Unit 2,
Week 3
Oral Vocabulary: grateful,
include,
problem, solve, thoughtful
Vocabulary Concepts: Color
and Number Words
Unit 7,
Week 3
Oral Vocabulary: clear, cozy,
experience,
hibernate, retreat
Vocabulary Concept: Sound
Words
Unit 3,
Week 1
Oral Vocabulary: continue,
glide, rapidly,
transportation, vehicle
Vocabulary Concept: Shape
Words
Oral Vocabulary: familiar,
journey,
prepare, relax, travel
Vocabulary Concept: Sound
Words
Oral Vocabulary: adventure,
attach,
haul, massive, wheel
Vocabulary Concepts: Shape
Words, Sound
Words
Oral Vocabulary: combine,
farmer,
ingredients, market, nutritious
Vocabulary Concept: Fruits
and Vegetables
Oral Vocabulary: appetite,
feast, flavor,
prefer, special
Vocabulary Concept: Season
Words
Oral Vocabulary: delicious,
devour, fresh,
menu, tradition
Vocabulary Concept: Fruits
and Vegetables
Oral Vocabulary: action,
compare, content, gentle,
pounces
Vocabulary Concept: Position
Words
Oral Vocabulary: belong,
fragile, information, parent,
several
Vocabulary Concept: Position
Unit 8,
Week 1
Oral Vocabulary: charming,
conceited, equal, grow, plant
Vocabulary Concept: Position
Words
Unit 8,
Week 2
Oral Vocabulary: gradually,
moist, necessary,
observe, seed
Vocabulary Concept: Position
Words
Oral Vocabulary: arrange,
basic, garden,
senses, tend
Vocabulary Concept: Position
Words
Unit 3,
Week 2
Unit 3,
Week 3
Unit 4,
Week 1
Unit 4,
Week 2
Unit 4,
Week 3
Unit 5,
Week 1
Unit 5,
Week 2
Unit 8,
Week 3
Unit 9,
Week 1
Unit 9,
Week 2
Unit 9,
Week 3
Unit 10,
Week 1
Unit 10,
Week 2
Oral Vocabulary: annoy,
distinctive, flutter,
insect, interesting
Vocabulary Concept:
Opposites
Oral Vocabulary: amazing,
deep, invite,
ocean, reason
Vocabulary Concept:
Opposites
Oral Vocabulary: enormous,
fantasy, gulp,
incredible, reality
Vocabulary Concept:
Opposites
Oral Vocabulary: confused,
describe, insist, texture,
understand
Vocabulary Concept: Color,
Fruit, and Vegetable Words
Oral Vocabulary: create,
decorate, design,
extraordinary, imagine
Vocabulary Concept:
Words
Unit 5,
Week 3
Oral Vocabulary: beneath,
enter, habitat,
raise, responsibility
Vocabulary Concept: Position
Words
Sound Words and Opposites
Unit 10,
Week 3
Oral Vocabulary: consider,
curious, explore, final,
splendid
Vocabulary Concept: Number
Words