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Student-Friendly Sentence: Friends touch each other gently.

Word Study:

Hugs, handshakes, high-fives, knees touching on carpet, touching in line.

Definition

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Physical Contact-Appropriate

The act of touching physically in a nice way.

Student-Friendly Sentence:

People should not hit, kick, punch, or pinch each other. People do not touch each other’s private places.

Word Study:

Hit, Kick, Pinch, Punch, Push, Elbow, Touching in Private Parts.

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The act of touching physically in a harmful way.

Physical Contact-Inappropriate

Student-Friendly Sentence:

The rules are different in different settings.

Word Study:

It’s okay to tackle in football, but not okay to tackle in school.

Definition:

Locations or places where things happen.

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Settings

Student-Friendly Sentence:

One of my chores at home is to clear the table.

Word Study:

Housekeeping, Work, Job.

Definition:

A job done every day at school or at home.

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Chores

Student-Friendly Sentence:

Following the rules helps everyone get along and learn.

Word Study:

There are different rules in different settings.

Definition:

Laws to tell people how they should act.

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Rules

Student-Friendly Sentence:

I have good relationships with my friends.

Word Study:

People who work and play together.

Definition:

Being related by family or spending time together.

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Relationship

Student-Friendly Sentence:

My friend rewards me with a smile when I share my toy.

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Prize

Definition:

Something good you get for what you do.

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Rewards

Student-Friendly Sentence:

The consequence of being bossy is that my friend won’t want to play with me.

Word Study:

Punishment, Result.

Definition:

The result of an action.

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Consequences

Student-Friendly Sentence:

Friends are nice to each other.

Word Study

Share, Care, Are Fair, Listen, Respect, Kind

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Friend

A person you know, like, and trust.

Student-Friendly Sentence:

I behave nicely so that my friends will like me.

Word Study:

Actions, Things you do

Definition: The way you act.

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Behavior

Student-Friendly Sentence:

My friend is dependable because I know he’ll always help me if I need it.

Word Study

Reliable

Definition:

The kind of person you can count on to do the right thing.

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Dependable

Student-Friendly Sentence:

My teacher loves it when we are punctual and get to school on time in the morning.

Word Study

On Time, Clock, Paying Attention.

Definition:

Being on time to school, practice and to meet friends.

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Punctual

Student-Friendly Sentence:

Integrity is when I do my own work and tell the truth.

Word Study:

Honesty, Consistency, Truth

Definition:

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Integrity

Consistency of actions. Honesty

Effort

Student-Friendly Sentence:

I put forth great effort when I practice for my soccer game.

Word Study:

Work, Try, Practice

Definition:

Working hard to accomplish something.

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Student-Friendly Sentence:

I communicate with my friends by talking, listening, and writing.

Word Study:

Share, talk, text, write, telephone, show, listen

Definition:

To share ideas and information with other people.

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Communicate

Student-Friendly Sentence:

I summarized the story by reporting the main idea.

Word Study

Main Idea

Definition:

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Summarize

Give a brief statement of the main points of (something).

Student-Friendly Sentence:

Condense the contents of this book into a summary.

Word Study:

Compact, Compress, Concentrate.

Definition:

To compress or concentrate.

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key points

Student-Friendly Sentence:

I made a poster telling about the key points in my science project.

Word Study:

Main idea

Definition:

The most important information that you want to share.

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Student-Friendly Sentence:

Dealing with a bully is a long term problem.

Word Study:

Difficulty, Trouble

Definition:

A source of difficulty which has been going on for some time.

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Problem-Long Term

Student-Friendly Sentence:

When my friend hurt my feelings, I solved the problem by talking about it.

Word Study

Conflict

Definition:

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Problem-Short Term

A source of difficulty which just started.

Student-Friendly Sentence:

I worked out a good strategy to solve my problem.

Word Study:

Solution, Plan

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Strategy

A plan of action designed to achieve a goal.

GOAL

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conflict

A fight or battle between individuals or groups

Martin and Sophia had a conflict over their seat in the cafeteria.

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goals

My goals for this year are all about improving my reading skills.

What a person plans to do

planendfinish

Student-Friendly Sentence:

The social part of my life has to do with my friends.

Word Study:

Group of people, interactions between people

Definition:

Pertaining to friendly companionship.

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Social

Student-Friendly Sentence:

I work hard at home and at school to do well in my academics, so I can get a good grade.

Word Study:

Study, School, Homework, Assignment, Test

Definition:

Having to do with school.

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Academic

Student-Friendly Sentence:

My personal life has to do with my feelings and my actions.

Word Study:

Personal Space

Definition:

Having to do with myself.

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Personal

Student-Friendly Sentence:

A career is the work people do to earn money.

Word Study:

Job, Occupation, Profession.

Definition:

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A chosen pursuit; a profession or occupation.

Career

Student-Friendly Sentence:

I thought of a good solution to my problem.

Word Study:

Problem Solving

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Solution

A means of solving a problem or dealing with a difficult situation

Student-Friendly Sentence:

Being nice had a positive outcome.

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Result

Definition:

The way a thing turns out; a consequence.

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Outcome

Student-Friendly Sentence:

I need to know myself and my interests in order to plan my career. Then I need to find what I need to do to prepare.

Word Study:

Jobs, Occupations, goal

Definition

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The process of establishing career goals and determining appropriate educational and developmental programs to further develop the skills required to achieve short- or long-term career goals.

Career Planning

CR 1.1

Student-Friendly Sentence:

I have an interest in animals, so I would like to be a veterinarian technician.

Interest

Word Study:

Fascination

Definition

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The feeling of a person whose attention, concern, or curiosity is particularly engaged by something

CR.2.2

Student-Friendly Sentence:

My preference for being outside led me to choose a class in horticulture.

Preference

Word Study:

Selection

Definition

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The selecting of someone or something over another or others.

CR 2.1

Student-Friendly Sentence:

His achievement in high school won him a scholarship for college.

Word Study:

Accomplishment

Definition

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Achievement

Something accomplished, especially by superior ability, special effort, great courage, etc.; a great or heroic deed:

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cooperation

Working together

The monkeys showed cooperation by helping each other get rid of pests.

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CR.4.1

Student-Friendly Sentence:

They were able to complete their work much better when they used teamwork.

Teamwork

Word Study:

Working together

Definition

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Cooperative or coordinated effort on the part of a group of persons acting together as a team or in the interests of a common cause.

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Grade Point Average

the average obtained by dividing the total number of grade points earned by the total number of credits attempted

Ben’s grade point average suffered because of his excessive absences.

G.P.A.Overall Average

College Admissions

Student-Friendly Sentence

Most colleges require the completion of an essay for undergraduate admission.

Word Study

College acceptance

Definition

a student’s initial entrance into college, typically directly after high school

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