Cross-Curricular Academic Vocabulary for 5th Grade
Listed below are the cross-curricular academic vocabulary words for 5th grade. The words and definition for each subject area are given. Please work to incorporate a minimum of 2-3 words into your LiveLessons, phone conversations, webmails, and teacher feedback each week throughout the school year.
Check out the Direct Instruction and Practice and Reinforcement pages for ideas on how to teach the words and integrate them into your curriculum.
Check out the Direct Instruction and Practice and Reinforcement pages for ideas on how to teach the words and integrate them into your curriculum.
Language Arts1. Accurate – Careful and exact; free from errors; precise
2. Analyze - study very carefully 3. Approximate – nearly exact; not perfectly accurate; to estimate 4. Basic – forming a base; fundamental 5. Bias –prefer one thing over another 6. Characteristic – a distinguishing trait quality or property 7. Chronology – arranged in the order of time 8. Compare – to examine in order to note similarities and differences 9. Classify - arrange into categories based on similarities 10. Conclude - to bring an end; finish; terminate 11. Contrast – show how things are different 12. Critique – review something and point out the good and the bad points 13. Define – explain the meaning of a term 14. Demonstrate – to show 15. Describe – explain something 16. Design – to plan 17. Diagram – make a drawing of something and label the parts 18. Distinguish – to set apart as different 19. Disregard – To pay little or no attention to 20. Establish – prove or decide something 21. Evaluate - To determine the value 22. Explain - give the meaning of something in order to make it clear 23. Explore – to discuss, examine, or think 24. Hypothesis - educated guess based on prior knowledge 25. Identify - to recognize as being a particular thing 26. Illustration – A visual representation (a picture or diagram) that is used make some subject more pleasing or easier to understand. 27. Inference – a conclusion or opinion that is formed because of known facts or evidence 28. Integrate – combine parts into a whole 29. Interpret – explain the meaning of something 30. Justify – give reasons to support a decision 31. Negative –lacking positive attributes; expressing or meaning a refusal or denial 32. Objective - something toward which effort is directed; an aim, goal; characterized by facts 33. Observe – examine and note what is seen 34. Order – put things into the correct place or sequence 35. Outline – organized summary of the main points 36. Pattern - a reliable sample of traits, acts, tendencies, or other observable characteristics of a person, group, or institution 37. Plagiarism – to steal and pass off as one's own work; using another's production without properly crediting the source 38. Predict – a guess about what will happen in the future 39. Proposition – suggesting something to be considered 40. Prove – give facts or reasons to show that something is true 41. Purpose – something that is set up as an object or end to be obtained 42. Recall – remember something that was known before 43. Reduce – to bring down to a smaller extent, size, amount, number 44. Represent – to serve as a sign or symbol of 45. Relate – show how things are alike or how they are connected 46. Restructure – put things into a new, more appropriate format 47. State – give the main points in a clear, brief form 48. Summarize – give a brief account include important information and leave out needless details) 49. Trace – tell about an event or process in order 50. Variable – something that changes 51. Verify – make sure that the answer or ideas are accurate by using facts and evidence |
Math1. Accurate – Careful and exact; free from errors; precise
2. Analyze - study very carefully 3. Approximate – nearly exact; not perfectly accurate; to estimate 4. Basic – forming a base; fundamental 5. Bias –prefer one thing over another 6. Characteristic – a distinguishing trait quality or property 7. Chronology – arranged in the order of time 8. Compare – to examine in order to note similarities and differences 9. Classify - arrange into categories based on similarities 10. Conclude - to bring an end; finish; terminate 11. Contrast – show how things are different 12. Critique – review something and point out the good and the bad points 13. Define – explain the meaning of a term 14. Demonstrate – to show 15. Describe – explain something 16. Design – to plan 17. Diagram – make a drawing of something and label the parts 18. Distinguish – to set apart as different 19. Disregard – To pay little or no attention to 20. Establish – prove or decide something 21. Evaluate - To determine the value 22. Explain - give the meaning of something in order to make it clear 23. Explore – to discuss, examine, or think 24. Hypothesis - educated guess based on prior knowledge 25. Identify - to recognize as being a particular value 26. Illustration – A visual representation (a picture or diagram) that is used make some subject more pleasing or easier to understand. 27. Inference – a conclusion or opinion that is formed because of known facts or evidence 28. Integrate – combine parts into a whole 29. Interpret – explain the meaning of something 30. Justify – give reasons to support a decision 31. Negative – a number that is less than 0 32. Objective - something toward which effort is directed; an aim, goal 33. Observe – examine and note what is seen 34. Order – put things into the correct place or sequence 35. Outline – organized summary of the main points 36. Pattern - a reliable sample of traits, acts, tendencies, or other observable characteristics of a person, group, or institution 37. Plagiarism – to steal and pass off as one's own work; using another's production without properly crediting the source 38. Predict – a guess about what will happen in the future 39. Proposition – suggesting something to be considered 40. Prove – give facts or reasons to show that something is true 41. Purpose – something that is set up as an object or end to be obtained 42. Recall – remember something that was known before 43. Reduce – to bring down to a smaller extent, size, amount, number 44. Represent – to serve as a sign or symbol of 45. Relate – show how things are alike or how they are connected 46. Restructure – put things into a new, more appropriate format 47. State – To express in an equation 48. Summarize – give a brief account include important information and leave out needless details) 49. Trace – To copy by following the lines through a transparent paper; a small amount 50. Variable –something that changes; an unknown amount 51. Verify – make sure that the answer or ideas are accurate by using facts and evidence |
Science1. Accurate – Careful and exact; free from errors; precise
2. Analyze - study very carefully 3. Approximate – nearly exact; not perfectly accurate; to estimate 4. Basic – forming a base; fundamental 5. Bias –prefer one thing over another 6. Characteristic – a distinguishing trait quality or property 7. Chronology – arranged in the order of time 8. Compare – to examine in order to note similarities and differences 9. Classify - arrange into categories based on similarities 10. Conclude - to bring an end; finish; terminate 11. Contrast – show how things are different 12. Critique – review something and point out the good and the bad points 13. Define – explain the meaning of a term 14. Demonstrate –to show 15. Describe – explain something 16. Design – to plan 17. Diagram – make a drawing of something and label the parts 18. Distinguish – to set apart as different 19. Disregard – To pay little or no attention to 20. Establish – prove or decide something 21. Evaluate - To determine the value 22. Explain - give the meaning of something in order to make it clear 23. Explore – to discuss, examine, or think 24. Hypothesis - educated guess based on prior knowledge 25. Identify - to recognize as being a particular value or thing 26. Illustration – A visual representation (a picture or diagram) that is used make some subject more pleasing or easier to understand. 27. Inference – a conclusion or opinion that is formed because of known facts or evidence 28. Integrate –combine parts into a whole 29. Interpret – explain the meaning of something 30. Justify – give reasons to support a decision 31. Negative – lacking positive attributes; expressing or meaning a refusal or denial; a number that is less than 0 32. Objective - something toward which effort is directed; an aim, goal 33. Observe – examine and note what is seen 34. Order – put things into the correct place or sequence 35. Outline – organized summary of the main points 36. Pattern - a reliable sample of traits, acts, tendencies, or other observable characteristics of a person, group, or institution 37. Plagiarism – to steal and pass off as one's own work; using another's production without properly crediting the source 38. Predict – a guess about what will happen in the future 39. Proposition – suggesting something to be considered 40. Prove – give facts or reasons to show that something is true 41. Purpose – something that is set up as an object or end to be obtained 42. Recall – remember something that was known before 43. Reduce – to bring down to a smaller extent, size, amount, number 44. Represent – to serve as a sign or symbol of 45. Relate – show how things are alike or how they are connected 46. Restructure – put things into a new, more appropriate format 47. State – To express in an equation 48. Summarize – give a brief account include important information and leave out needless details) 49. Trace – A small amount 50. Variable – something that changes; an unknown amount 51. Verify – make sure that the answer or ideas are accurate by using facts and evidence |
Social Studies1. Accurate – Careful and exact; free from errors; precise
2. Analyze - study very carefully 3. Approximate – nearly exact; not perfectly accurate; to estimate 4. Basic – forming a base; fundamental 5. Bias –prefer one thing over another 6. Characteristic – a distinguishing trait quality or property 7. Chronology – arranged in the order of time 8. Compare – to examine in order to note similarities and differences 9. Classify - arrange into categories based on similarities 10. Conclude - to bring an end; finish; terminate 11. Contrast – show how things are different 12. Critique – review something and point out the good and the bad points 13. Define – explain the meaning of a term 14. Demonstrate – to show 15. Describe – explain something 16. Design – to plan 17. Diagram – make a drawing of something and label the parts 18. Distinguish – to set apart as different 19. Disregard – To pay little or no attention to 20. Establish – prove or decide something 21. Evaluate - To determine the value 22. Explain - give the meaning of something in order to make it clear 23. Explore – to discuss, examine, or think 24. Hypothesis - educated guess based on prior knowledge 25. Identify - to recognize as being a particular value 26. Illustration – A visual representation (a picture or diagram) that is used make some subject more pleasing or easier to understand. 27. Inference – a conclusion or opinion that is formed because of known facts or evidence 28. Integrate – combine parts into a whole 29. Interpret – explain the meaning of something 30. Justify – give reasons to support a decision 31. Negative – a number that is less than 0 32. Objective - something toward which effort is directed; an aim, goal 33. Observe – examine and note what is seen 34. Order – put things into the correct place or sequence 35. Outline – organized summary of the main points 36. Pattern - a reliable sample of traits, acts, tendencies, or other observable characteristics of a person, group, or institution 37. Plagiarism – to steal and pass off as one's own work; using another's production without properly crediting the source 38. Predict – a guess about what will happen in the future 39. Proposition – suggesting something to be considered 40. Prove – give facts or reasons to show that something is true 41. Purpose – something that is set up as an object or end to be obtained 42. Recall – remember something that was known before 43. Reduce – to bring down to a smaller extent, size, amount, number 44. Represent – to serve as a sign or symbol of 45. Relate – show how things are alike or how they are connected 46. Restructure – put things into a new, more appropriate format 47. State – To express in an equation 48. Summarize – give a brief account include important information and leave out needless details) 49. Trace – To copy by following the lines through a transparent paper; a small amount 50. Variable –something that changes; an unknown amount 51. Verify – make sure that the answer or ideas are accurate by using facts and evidence |