Grissom Middle School
2014-2015
Cycles 1-3
Grissom Middle School
2014-2015
Cycle 1
 Students
are given pre and post assessments
every 8 week cycle. 3 cycles
 Students are given 4 words a week.
 Teacher models with direct instruction on a
daily basis or they are to fit it into current
teaching as deems fit
 Each grade completes the following activities
in their 4th hour. (Work completed in workbooks)
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6th Grade – Workbook Page
7th Grade – Frayer Model
8th Grade - Sentences
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 Definition:
 To
think up or form in the mind
 Sentence(s):
I
conceive lesson plans each day to
help you learn.
 Kari will conceive a plan to raise
money for the new theater.
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was inconceivable to me that
Luis would not tell the truth.
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What are things you would describe
as inconceivable?
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 Definition:
 Impossible
to believe or imagine
 Sentence(s):
 It
is a concept that most
people understand.
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A concept is a big idea – Justice,
Fairness, Truth
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 Definition:
A
general idea or thought
 Sentence(s):
 Fairness
 Definition:
 To
form a concept or idea
 Sentence(s):
 When
inventors conceptualize solutions
to problems, they create new
inventions.
What are some situations at school when
you might be asked to conceptualize?
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 Definition:
 To
suggest a plan or idea to be
considered
 Sentence(s):
 Each
member will propose a topic for
the group project.
Have you ever proposed an idea or
activity to the class or a friend?
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 Definition:
 An
offered or suggested plan of
action
 Sentence(s):
 Enrique’s
proposition was that he
would mow her lawn for a small fee.
I have a proposition for you. If all of
you _______, then I will _______.
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 Definition:
 To
have something in mind as a goal,
plan, or purpose
 Sentence(s):
 The
students intend to raise money to
pay for a class trip.
Do people always do what they intend
to do? What do you intend to do today?
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 Definition:
 Something
that you mean to do
 Sentence(s):
 The
team’s intention is to win the
final game.
It is my intention to teach you the
meaning of intention. What is an
intention you have for the week?
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 Definition:
sometimes exaggerate the
size of a shark’s teeth.
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What kinds of stories do we read that
have exaggerated, or larger than life
characters?
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 To
make something seem larger, more
valuable, or more important that it is
 Sentence(s):
 Drawings
 Definition:
 To
make something as small as possible
 Sentence(s):
 We
can minimize the amount of work
for each student if we work together as
a team.
What are some things we might wish to
minimize?
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 Definition:
 The
smallest possible amount or lowest
limit
 Sentence(s):
 One
dollar is the minimum that you can
donate to the fund.
What are some things that require a
minimum age?
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takes minimal effort to smile, but
the rewards are big.
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If you put minimal effort into a project,
how do you think it would turn out?
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 Definition:
 Being
the smallest in amount or size
 Sentence(s):
 It
painting is unique because it is the
only one by this artist.
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Scientists say no two people have the
same fingerprints. What other things are
unique?
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 Definition:
 Being
the only one of its kind
 Sentence(s):
 The
 Definition:
two days in school are identical
because something different happens
each day.
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Identical objects are exactly alike in
every way. Can you think of some other
things that are identical?
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 Exactly
alike
 Sentence(s):
 No
 Definition:
 Not
alike; different
 Sentence(s):
 Even
though they are twins, the girls
are dissimilar.
If the prefix “dis” means “not”, what
does dissimilar mean? What are two
things in this classroom that are
dissimilar?
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 Definition:
 The
same as, or equal to, another thing
 Sentence(s):
 The
winter break from school is shorter
than summer vacation. They are not
equivalent.
If you had a dime and a nickel, would
they be equivalent? Explain. What are
some other things that are equivalent?
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 Definition:
 To
tell the story or give an account of
something in speech or writing
 Sentence(s):
 Each
team member will narrate a
portion of the presentation.
Often stories, poems, books and plays
are narrated. Where or when have you
heard someone narrate something?
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 Definition:
A
person or character who tells a story
 Sentence(s):
 The
play has a narrator who
introduces all the characters.
What are some examples of stories,
movies, poems, books or plays that have
a narrator? The Sandlot
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 Definition:
A
story, description, or account of events
 Sentence(s):
 The
assignment was to write a narrative
about your first day of school.
You may have heard the term “personal
narrative,” what do you think that term
means?
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 Definition:
 The
act of narrating
 Sentence(s):
 The
concert will include music and
narration about the history of our
country.
I need two volunteers to demonstrate
the act of swimming. One to act and the
other to narrate.
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 Definition:
To teach or explain by showing how to do or use
something
 An act of teaching, explaining, or operating
something
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 Sentence(s):
The coach will demonstrate the proper way to
hold a bat.
 The health class will get a demonstration of how
to clean a cut.
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I need a volunteer to demonstrate how to multiply
two-digit numbers.
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 Definition:
 To
prove or show clearly
 Sentence(s):
A
capable lawyer will demonstrate her
client’s innocence.
I can demonstrate that something floats
by _______.
Smoking has been demonstrated that it
is _________.
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attendance count will establish that
most students in our school are present
today.
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Establish can mean to prove or show
something to be true. What can we establish
about our class? What can we prove or show
about it that is true?
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 Definition:
 To
prove or show something to be true
 Sentence(s):
 The
 Definition:
 To
create or start
 Sentence(s):
 The
school will establish a new award
to recognize good conduct.
What are some examples of things you
would like to see established, either
created or started, in your school or
community?
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 Definition:
A
special quality or feature of a person or
animal
 Sentence(s):
 Creativity
is a trait that most artists have.
Traits often describe the appearance,
behavior, or personality of people or animals.
What are traits that you want in a friend or a
teacher?
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 Definition:
A
regular quality or feature of someone or
something; All of the things that make one
person or thing different from another
 Sentence(s):
 Fast
action is a characteristic of a soccer
game.
 The parks and playgrounds in this
neighborhood give us a friendly character.
What are qualities of a firefighter?
Courageous, quick-thinking, trustworthy
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 Definition:
 To
describe the character and qualities of
someone or something
 Sentence(s):
 You
could characterize life in a city as
noisy and busy.
I would characterize the movie Grown Ups
as funny or a comedy. Think about your
favorite movie…How would you categorize it?
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 Definition:
A
distinctive physical characteristic of
something; a common quality of all things
belonging to a particular group
 Sentence(s):
 One
property of oxygen is that it has no
smell.
Physical properties are always true and do
not change. Think about a wadded up piece
of paper. Write sentences stating the physical
properties of the wadded up piece of paper.
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 Definition:
 One
of several things that can be
chosen
 Sentence(s):
 Pizza
is one option for lunch today.
What options do you have for afterschool activities? What does consider
your options mean?
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 Definition:
 Left
to your own choice to do; not required
 Sentence(s):
 Attending
students.
school is not optional for most
If you are filling out a form that says
optional, what does that mean? What are
some things at school that are optional?
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 Definition:
 Very
important or necessary
 A necessary thing to have
 Sentence(s):
 Learning
to read is an essential skill.
 One essential for learning to read is a book.
Breathing is essential. It is necessary to live.
What are some things in your life that you
believe to be essential?
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enough calcium is vital for
strong bones.
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What things are vital for good health?
What things are vital in your life?
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 Definition:
 Very
important of essential
 Sentence(s):
 Getting
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 Definition:
can infer from the materials on
their desks that they are doing an
experiment today.
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You can infer how popular a celebrity is
by____. How might you infer that someone
had looked through your locker?
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 To
draw a conclusion after considering
specific evidence or facts
 Sentence(s):
 Students
 Definition:
A
conclusion drawn by reasoning from facts
and evidence
 Sentence(s):
 When
Sean didn’t attend the audition, we
made the inference that he didn’t want to
be in the play.
Can you think back to any inferences you have
made in school recently? If a classmate is not
at school and was not feeling well the day
before, what could you infer?
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 Definition:
 To
draw a conclusion without certain
knowledge; suppose
 Sentence(s):
I
surmise that we will go on vacation this
year, but my parents haven’t said anything
yet.
When you surmise, you don’t have the specific
evidence or facts as when you infer. What can
you surmise that we will do in class next week?
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 Definition:
 To
think about deeply and seriously
 Sentence(s):
 The
teacher will contemplate the
students’ suggestions.
What kind of things do people
contemplate?
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 Definition:
 To
have something as a necessary part;
Include
 To bring into a situation
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 Sentence(s):
 Winning
the championship will involve
beating every team.
 Our teacher involves parents as guest
speakers on Occupation Day.
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 Definition:
 To
keep or leave something or
someone out.
 Sentence(s):
 We
exclude some jobs on Occupation Day
because we can’t include everything.
It is rude to exclude ____ from _____.
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 Definition:
 To
leave out; not include
 Sentence(s):
 Let’s
not omit a single event when we
describe our fantastic vacation .
What would you omit from a description
of a vacation you may have gone on?
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 Definition:
 Something
done
that is left out, removed, or not
 Sentence(s):
 It
was an omission to not give credit to
everyone who worked on the project.
An omission may have positive and negative
results. Think about unnecessary details in a
report – make it more clear. An omission of an
ingredient for a recipe would result in a poor
tasting dish.
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 Definition:
 The
first of two things mentioned
 Sentence(s):
 Between
the first grade teacher and the
fifth grade teacher, the former has been
teaching longer.
If I had the choice to ____ or to ____, I
would choose the former.
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 Definition:
 Having
to do with the past; previous
 Sentence(s):
 The
former principal of our school
returned to receive an award.
A former ___ of mine that I admire is ___.
Some of my former teachers are _______.
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 Definition:
 The
second of two things mentioned
 Sentence(s):
 We
will visit a museum and an aquarium,
but we are more excited about the
latter because we love fish!
Between the Lions and the Tigers, I prefer
the latter team to make it to a
championship.
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 Definition:
 Near
the end
 Sentence(s):
 The
latter part of the book, after the
hero is captured, is the most exciting to
read.
What are some things that take place in
the latter part of the day? week? year?
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 Definition:
A
way of doing things; style
 Sentence(s):
 The
careful manner in which Harris
always completes his homework
impresses his teacher.
My manner of preparing for a test is to
_____.
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 Definition:
A
group of related things or parts that
work together as a whole
 Sentence(s):
computer system stopped working
when the electricity went out.
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What are some types of systems that you
may have heard about?
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 Definition:
A
particular way or method of doing
something
 Sentence(s):
 Arianna
needs a better system for
remembering her homework because she
often forgets to bring it to school.
Can you think of a system in remembering to
bring your homework to school? Do you have
a system of doing things at home?
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 Definition:
 Involving
or based on a method or plan
 Sentence(s):
A
more systematic way to using our
class library would be to arrange our
books by subject matter.
Describe something you do in a systematic
manner (cleaning your room, studying for a
test, getting ready for school).
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 Definition:
A
careful plan or method for achieving a
goal
 Sentence(s):
 The
student’s strategy for winning the
reading contest is to read a book every
day.
What are some strategies you use in
math? reading?
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 Definition:
 To
plan or decide on a strategy
 Sentence(s):
 Our
science team strategized on how
to finish our project on time.
What are some activities that you may
need to have a strategy?
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 Definition:
A
way of doing something following an
orderly series of steps
 Sentence(s):
 The
students learned the fire-safety
procedure of stop, drop, and roll.
We follow procedures for many activities
at school. Describe some of those
procedures.
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 Definition:
A
way in which something is done
 Sentence(s):
 One
method of learning new words is to
make flashcards.
We all have our own way of doing things.
What are some methods you have for
doing things?
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 Definition:
A
written or spoken description of
something that has happened
 Sentence(s):
student will give an account of the
class field trip.
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 Each
What are some things that you can give an
account for?
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 Definition:
 To
explain
 Sentence(s):
 We
can account for the missing
equipment, which was loaned to another
team.
If you had to account for missing
homework, what would you need to do?
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 Definition:
A
description or account from a
particular point of view
 Sentence(s):
 Each
child had a different version of
how the window was broken.
Role play – Have a student give a version
of how the window got broke and then
have another student give their story.
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 Definition:
A
changed or different form of
something
 Sentence(s):
 Adam
chose to include a pink rose
instead of a red rose in his version of
the painting.
Can you think of a movie based on a book?
Which version did you like better?
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 Definition:
 To
examine something in great detail in order
to understand it
 Sentence(s):
 The
teacher will analyze the test results to
determine what skills students need help on.
If we analyze the results of a science
experiment, what would we do? Math
problem?
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 Definition:

A careful study of the parts of something in order
to better understand the whole
 Sentence(s):
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The principal’s analysis of the new rules showed
that they help students get along better.
When you analyze something, you do an analysis of
it. You might analyze how your grades have
changed over the years. This is an analysis of your
report card. What are some other examples of
analysis that can be done at home or school?
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 Definition:
 To
put things into groups based on their
characteristics
 Sentence(s):
 We
can classify our family’s pets into
two groups-those with fur and those with
feathers.
When have you classified something?
M&M’s, candy, friends, etc.
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 Definition:
 An
arrangement of things into groups
based on their characteristics
 Sentence(s):
simple classification of books is
fiction and nonfiction.
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How can we further our classification of
books?
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 Definition:
 To
get as your own
 Sentence(s):
I
just acquired a new bike.
What are some other things that you
could acquire? Things that are not
objects?
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 Definition:
 To
collect, gather together, or let
pile up
 Sentence(s):
I
will accumulate many rocks in order to
build a wall.
Imagine that the custodians were sick for a
week. What would happen? Sometimes
people accumulate things. What are some
things that you may have accumulated over
the years.
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 Definition:
 An
amount that collects or piles up
 Sentence(s):
 There
is an accumulation of empty
bottles in the garage.
If objects are allowed to accumulate, we
are left with an accumulation of those
objects. What are some things that can
accumulate over time?
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 Definition:
 To
collect or put together in an orderly
form
 Sentence(s):
should compile the list of sources
that we used for our report.
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Compile a list of favorite colors. sports,
games, friends, etc.
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 Definition:
 More
or less accurate or correct
 Sentence(s):
 We
only need to report the
approximate length of the hallway.
When would it be OK to be approximate?
Or does it depend on the situation?
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 Definition:
 Not
exactly, but nearly
 Sentence(s):
 We
have approximately one hour to
work on the project.
Tell approximately how much time is
left in today’s school day, month, year.
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 Definition:
 Nearly
the same; similar
 Sentence(s):
 Both
pairs of shoes are comparable in
price.
When two things are similar, we say they
are comparable. What things can you
compare?
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 Definition:
 Complete;
total; without limit
 Sentence(s):
I
have absolute confidence in my
ability to do this activity.
If someone has absolute power, what
does that mean?
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 Definition:
 To
discuss the arguments for or against
something
 Sentence(s):
class will debate another class
about the choice of a school mascot.
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 Our
What are some topics we might debate in
school?
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 Definition:
 To
think over carefully before making a
decision
 Sentence(s):
debated whether to play in the band or
sing in the chorus.
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What would you do if you were debating
between two things?
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 Definition:
A
subject of debate or argument
 Sentence(s):
 The
classes discussed the issue of
student rights .
What are some issues important to
students that a class might discuss?
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 Definition:
 To
send or give out something
 Sentence(s):
 The
principal will issue a statement that
recognizes students for their
participation in the recycling program.
What are some things that might be issued
at school? Community?
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 Definition:
 Saying
a lot in a few words
 Sentence(s):
A
dictionary gives a concise definition
of each word.
What are some things that might need
to be concise?
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 Definition:
 Not
taking up too much space
 Sentence(s):
 We
have small lockers so our
belongings have to be compact.
What other things can you think of that
might be compact?
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 Definition:
 To
make smaller or shorter
 Sentence(s):
 You
must condense the report to fit
on only one page.
How might you condense a report?
Book? Story?
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 Definition:
 Holding
or working together as a whole
 Sentence(s):
A
cohesive team cooperates to get a job
done.
How could a group working on a project
be cohesive? Why is it important for the
group to be cohesive?
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 Definition:
 To
put, or place inside something
 Sentence(s):
 You
should insert a comma between
the city and state.
How do you use the word insert at
school? Work?
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 Definition:
 Something,
such as a word or phrase,
that has been inserted
 Sentence(s):
comma was the only insertion that
was needed in your entire report.
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When might you make an insertion?
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 Definition:
 To
remove from a piece of writing or
computer text
 Sentence(s):
delete the period and add a
question mark.
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How do you delete something from your
writing?
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 Definition:
 Something,
such as a word or phrase,
that has been deleted
 Sentence(s):
made the wrong deletion and now
the sentence doesn’t make sense.
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The deletion of ___ would make a
paragraph hard to read.
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 Definition:
 To
see or realize in advance that something
will happen
 Sentence(s):
 The
teacher could foresee that the students
who followed the directions carefully would
produce a better project.
What do you foresee happening next in class?
School? At home? Next year?
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 Definition:
 To
expect
 Sentence(s):
 The
students anticipate the usual
Friday quiz.
I anticipate that I will __ after school.
This weekend. Next week.
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 Definition:
 The
feeling or belief that something is
likely to happen
 Sentence(s):
is our expectation that we will have
fun on the field trip.
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What are your expectations for the rest of
the year?
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 Definition:
A
standard of conduct or performance
expected
 Sentence(s):
 The
student lived up to the expectations of
her teacher by passing the text.
My expectations of you are very high. What
specific expectations do I have of you?
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 Definition:
 Coming
after in time or order
 Sentence(s):
 If
we lose this round, we will need to
win the subsequent round to stay in
the tournament.
In subsequent years, I expect to ___.
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 Definition:
 To
come before in time
 Sentence(s):
 For
many children, a year of
preschool precedes kindergarten.
____ precedes ____ in my school
schedule.
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 Definition:
 Coming
just before
 Sentence(s):
 The
sky grew very dark in the
moments preceding the storm.
In the days preceding an important
test, I ___. Event, day, vacation
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 Definition:
 Earlier
in time or coming before
 Sentence(s):
 We
build on prior knowledge to learn
something new.
A sport or other activity I did prior to
this year is ____. Day, vacation
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 Definition:
 To
see or hear clearly
 Sentence(s):
I
could not distinguish her voice on the
phone because she was whispering.
If you could distinguish a friend’s face in a
crowd, what can you do?
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 Definition:
 To
tell apart by knowing or seeing the
difference between two things
 Sentence(s):
distinguish between the two
students by the color of their hair.
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How can you distinguish among books?
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 Definition:
 To
see a clear difference between
things, people, or behavior
 Sentence(s):
chef can discriminate between the
flavors in foods.
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Can you use color to discriminate
between salt and sugar?
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 Definition:
A
feature that makes someone or something
different
 Sentence(s):
 Even
though they are twins, there are
definite distinctions in their personalities.
Distinction refers to something that stands
out. What is one distinction in the class?
School? Community?
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 Definition:
 To
build or put together
 Sentence(s):
 We
constructed a model of the solar
system from styrofoam and hangers.
Identify things that you have
constructed.
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 Definition:
 Serving
a useful purpose; helpful
 Sentence(s):
 His
constructive comment helped me
find a solution to my problem.
If you are trying to solve a problem and
someone makes a constructive suggestion,
what do they do?
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 Definition:
 To
work out an idea or opinion or to
state something carefully and precisely
 Sentence(s):
 We
will formulate a persuasive plan to
get permission for a field trip.
When you work out something or explain
an idea carefully, you formulate. What
kinds of plans can you formulate?
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 Definition:
 To
start; to cause to begin
 Sentence(s):
 The
warring countries will initiate
peace talks.
I started the lesson by initiating the
word. How do you initiate a friendship?
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Grissom Middle School
2014-2015
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