English // Vocabulary

Domain Vocabulary Across Subject Areas

Acquire and use accurately academic and domain-specific vocabulary relevant to grade-level topics, including words that signal precise meaning in informational texts across subject areas

Ages
9 to 11
Type
Language
Builds on
2 topics
Leads to
3 topics
Standards
4 codes

Quick check

When the learner is studying a topic in science or history, do they pick up and correctly use the specific vocabulary for that subject — like "erosion," "parliament," or "habitat"?

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Topic // Mastery

What mastery looks like

What a learner can do once this topic is secure.
  • Identify and define academic vocabulary (e.g., compare, contrast, summarise, evidence, interpret) used across multiple subject areas and use these words accurately in discussion and writing
  • Determine the meaning of domain-specific words encountered in science, social studies, or maths texts (e.g., ecosystem, democracy, numerator) using context, glossaries, and prior knowledge
  • Use newly acquired academic and domain-specific vocabulary in sentences that demonstrate understanding of precise meaning and appropriate context

Topic // Map

Where this fits

What to learn first and what this topic opens up, with the reason for each link. Required links come first.
  • RequiredMust come first
  • HelpfulHelps, but not essential

Before this

2 topics
  • Discussing and Questioning New WordsRequired

    Vocabulary // Ages 5 to 11

    Academic and domain-specific vocabulary acquisition builds on the habit of discussing word meanings and linking new vocabulary to known words

  • Defining WordsHelpful

    Vocabulary // Ages 6 to 9

    Defining academic words requires the ability to define words by category and attribute

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Domain Vocabulary Across Subject Areas

Ages 9 to 11 // Language

Leads to

3 topics
  • Vocabulary: historical thinkingHelpful

    History // Historical Thinking // Ages 6 to 10

    Acquiring the specialist vocabulary of historical thinking (source, bias, chronology, corroborate) builds on the academic vocabulary development taught in English

  • Inferring Characters' Feelings and MotivesHelpful

    Reading Comprehension // Ages 7 to 10

    Drawing inferences from complex texts requires academic vocabulary for reasoning about evidence and argument

  • Literary Evidence in WritingHelpful

    Writing Composition // Ages 9 to 11

    Drawing evidence from literary and informational texts requires academic vocabulary for reasoning about evidence

Topic // Standards

Curriculum standards

Codes for the curriculum statements this topic maps to. Each publisher owns its standard text.
Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts & Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science, and Technical Subjects
L.4.6L.5.6RI.4.4RI.5.4

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