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Raineshaven Elementary’s
Tennessee Academic Vocabulary Word Calendar
~ December 2013 ~
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ordinal number:
nonluminous celestial a number indicating
body larger than an
position in a series or
asteroid or comet,
order
illuminated by light
from a star, such as
Examples: first,
the sun, around which
second, third
it revolves. How
many planets are in
our Solar System?
Wed
Thu
Fri
4 thermometer: 5 double
6 ecosystem: a
an instrument
which is used to
measure
temperature
negative: the
nonstandard usage
of two negatives
(words that mean
not) in one sentence
community of living
and non-living
organisms working
together in an
environment
What types of
living/non-living
organisms live in the
ocean?
9 Internet: an
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11 Mayflower
12 prism: a solid
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electronic
communications
network that connects
computer networks
and organizational
computer facilities
around the world
.gov=government site
.edu=educational site
.com=generic sit name
transformation: a
mathematical term
for the way a
geometric shape is
moved. Shapes can
be slid(translation),
flipped (reflection),
or turned(rotation).
Compact: the first
governing document
of Plymouth Colony.
It was signed on
November 11, 1620
by the Pilgrims after
sailing across the
Atlantic Ocean on the
Mayflower.
figure whose ends are
parallel, polygonal, and
equal in size and
shape, and whose sides
are parallelograms
run-on sentence: a
sentence consists of
two or more main
clauses that are run
together without
proper punctuation
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nucleus: the central
part of an animal or
plant cell which
controls the cell
information, growth,
and reproduction.
longitude: distances
on the Earth’s surface
measured from east
and west
latitude: distances on
the Earth’s surface
measured from north
and south
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cell wall: The rigid
cell membrane: A
outermost layer found thin, pliable layer of
in plants and is not
tissue covering
found in animal cells. surfaces or separating
or connecting regions,
structures, or organs
of an animal or a plant
Sat
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cell wall
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Winter Break!! Winter Break!! Winter Break!! Winter Break!! Winter Break!!
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Please review the Tennessee Academic Vocabulary
Winter Break!! Winter Break!! words each night with your child, so that they can
“soar and excellence can reign” at our school!!
Students
should return
to school on
Tuesday,
January 7,
2014.
!