Reading/Language Arts Vocabulary - Grade K

ABC order

Words put in alphabetical order

antbabycatdogeggflaggohoticejetkitelogman

nutowlpigqueenratsuntopumbrellaviolinwinx-rayyo-yozoo

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Beginning sound

The first sound you hear in a word

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book

Text that gives information, or explanation about something

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Ending sound

The last sound you hear in a word

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letter

The written form of a sound

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narrative

A story or tale

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paragraph

A group of sentences about the same topic

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Sunday is Father’s Day, and Maria wants to buy a special gift for her father. She looked at the Father’s Day ads in the newspaper, but they mostly had sales on ties and bottles of cologne. Her father doesn’t like to wear ties, and he never wears cologne. He used to go fishing or bowling on the weekends, but lately he’s been staying home and working in the garden.

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Reading/Language Arts Vocabulary - Grade K

Prefix

A letter or a group of letters added to the beginning of a word that changes the meaning

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UnwrapThe prefix un means not, or opposite of

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report

To tell about what happened

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rhyme

Words that have the same ending sound

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riddle

A question that tries to trick you

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What is black and white and read all over?

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sentence

A group of words that makes sense

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Abby planted carrots in the vegetable garden.

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story

A story tells you about things that have happened, some are real while some are make believe

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