middle school instructional vocabulary
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- Stereotype
- to generalize without looking at possible diversity or differences
- Exact
- Absolutly correct, acurrate in every detail
- Analogy
- Using one thing or event to describe another
- Non-Renewable
- not able to be recycled or replaced
- Comment
- To say something about, to remark on
- Contemporary
- to be present day modern; to live in the same time period as another
- Reliable resources
- primary sources, such as encyclopedias, textbooks, archives, authenticated websites and journals
- Sum
- an answer found by adding numers
- Prefix
- a word beginning that adds meaning, or changes the meaning of a word
- Perpendicular
- two lines that intersect (or cross) at a 90 degree angle
- Variable
- All the factors that change the outcome of situation or event
- Sensory detail
- Things that are descibed by touch, taste, smell, hearing, and sight
- Product
- an answer found by multiplying numbers
- Imply
- To suggest something without saying it openly, to hint
- Sequence
- to arrange in a natural, logical order
- Parallel (math)
- two lines on the same plane that will never intersect (or cross)
- Quotient
- an answer found by dividing numbers
- Articulate
- to express clearly through words or writing
- Formula
- a fixed arrangment of words or numbers used in math, science, or any other context
- Coordinate
- to organize or put in order so that something works
- Transitions
- change from one place, thing, activity, to another
- Interdependence
- dependence upon each other
- Fluent
- able to complete quikly and easily with full understanding
- Inference
- An idea or conclusion based on prior knowledge or experiences
- Culture
- the customs, clothing arts, music, spirituality of a group of people
- Determine
- to decide on, to find out how exacly
- Discuss
- To share ideas, verbally or in writing, in a respectful way
- Constant
- All the factors that remain the same or unchanging in a situation or event
- Parallel (ideas)
- two ideas that share similarities
- Suffix
- a word ending that adds meaning, or changes the meaning oof a word
- Renewable
- able to be recycled or replaced
- Ancient
- within the far past, going back more than 1,000 years, such as originaal civilization
- Chronological
- in order of time
- Equation
- A statement that shows how two values are equal
- Generalize
- to see the main idea by grouping similarities and applying to all like things
- Method
- A particular, possibly orderly, way of doing something
- Cause and effect
- a relationship where a certain outcome is dictated by preceding events