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information (thematic and choropleth maps, cartograms, graphs [pie, bar, line, population pyramids]). Location - the position of a point on the Earth’s surface, expressed by means of a grid (absolute location) or in relation to the position of other places (relative location). Ma...
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information (thematic and choropleth maps, cartograms, graphs [pie, bar, line, population pyramids]). Location - the position of a point on the Earth’s surface, expressed by means of a grid (absolute location) or in relation to the position of other places (relative location). Market economy - a system in which buyers and sellers make major decisions about production and distribution, based on supply and demand. Mental Maps - the mental image a person has of an area. Natural resource - resources (fields
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information (thematic and choropleth maps, cartograms, graphs [pie, bar, line, population pyramids]). Location - the position of <span class="highlight">a</span> point on the Earth’s surface, expressed by means of <span class="highlight">a</span> grid (absolute location) or in relation to the position of other places (relative location). Market economy - <span class="highlight">a</span> <span class="highlight">system</span> in which buyers and sellers make major decisions about production and distribution, <span class="highlight">based</span> on supply and demand. Mental Maps - the mental <span class="highlight">image</span> <span class="highlight">a</span> person has of <span class="highlight">an</span> area. Natural resource - resources (fields
 Standard 1: Number and Operation
frequency distribution made by arranging data. It is one way of visually portraying data that is frequently used in newspapers and magazines because it provides an efficient way of showing information as well as comparing different sets of data. Substantial understanding - see Levels of und...
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frequency distribution made by arranging data. It is one way of visually portraying data that is frequently used in newspapers and magazines because it provides an efficient way of showing information as well as comparing different sets of data. Substantial understanding - see Levels of understanding. Symbolic representation - A mathematical model that represents a situation algebraically by using numbers and symbols. Symmetry - The correspondence in size, form, and arrangement of parts on opposite sides
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frequency distribution made by arranging data. It is one way of visually portraying data that is frequently used in newspapers and magazines because it provides <span class="highlight">an</span> efficient way of showing information as well as comparing different sets of data. Substantial understanding - see Levels of understanding. Symbolic <span class="highlight">representation</span> - <span class="highlight">A</span> mathematical model that represents <span class="highlight">a</span> situation algebraically by <span class="highlight">using</span> numbers and symbols. Symmetry - The correspondence in size, form, and arrangement of parts on opposite sides
Microsoft Word - ssstd7.docssstd7.pdf
8/9/2005 Page 186 of 298 Map projections - the transfer of the shape of land and water bodies, along with a global grid, from a globe to a flat map. Mental Maps - the mental image a person has of an area. Physical feature - a natural characteri...
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8/9/2005 Page 186 of 298 Map projections - the transfer of the shape of land and water bodies, along with a global grid, from a globe to a flat map. Mental Maps - the mental image a person has of an area. Physical feature - a natural characteristic of a place (elevation, landforms, vegetation). Population distribution - location patterns of various populations. Region - an area with one or more common characteristics or features which make it different from surrounding areas. Relative location - the
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8/9/2005 Page 186 of 298 Map projections - the transfer of the <span class="highlight">shape</span> of land and water bodies, along with <span class="highlight">a</span> global grid, from <span class="highlight">a</span> globe to <span class="highlight">a</span> flat map. Mental Maps - the mental <span class="highlight">image</span> <span class="highlight">a</span> person has of <span class="highlight">an</span> area. Physical feature - <span class="highlight">a</span> natural characteristic of <span class="highlight">a</span> place (elevation, landforms, vegetation). Population distribution - location patterns of various populations. <span class="highlight">Region</span> - <span class="highlight">an</span> area with one or more common characteristics or features which make it different from surrounding areas. Relative location - the
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them meaning and character, and distinguish them from other locations. <span class="highlight">Region</span> - <span class="highlight">an</span> area with one or more common characteristics or features which make it different from surrounding areas. Religion - <span class="highlight">a</span> <span class="highlight">system</span> of beliefs for satisfying <span class="highlight">a</span> peoples’ spiritual wants/needs. Resource - <span class="highlight">an</span> aspect of the physical environment that people value and use. Technology - science applied to achieve practical purposes. Trade - the exchange of goods or services for other goods and services or money.
Microsoft Word - Front Cover Page
system of marks at fixed intervals used in measurement or graphical representation. Scale Drawing: A reduced or enlarged drawing whose shape is the same as the object it represents. Scalene Triangle: A triangle having no congruent sides. Scatter Plot: Data that...
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system of marks at fixed intervals used in measurement or graphical representation. Scale Drawing: A reduced or enlarged drawing whose shape is the same as the object it represents. Scalene Triangle: A triangle having no congruent sides. Scatter Plot: Data that is plotted as points on a graph to show a possible relationship between two sets of data. Scientific Notation: A method of writing very large or very small numbers by using powers of 10. (In scientific notation, 3456 is 3.456 x 10
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Glossary 43 Coordinates: <span class="highlight">A</span> pair of numbers used to describe the location of <span class="highlight">a</span> point on <span class="highlight">a</span> coordinate plane. Counterexample: <span class="highlight">An</span> example that proves <span class="highlight">a</span> statement false. Cube: <span class="highlight">A</span> three-dimensional figure that has six square faces. Customary Systems: <span class="highlight">A</span> measuring <span class="highlight">system</span> used mainly in the United States <span class="highlight">using</span> units such as inches and feet. Data: Information, facts, or numbers used to describe something. Data Analysis: <span class="highlight">A</span> process of collecting and organizing data in order to identify
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and mode) Median: The middle value, or the mean of the two middle values, in <span class="highlight">an</span> ordered set of numerical data. Mental Computation (Mental Math): Computing <span class="highlight">an</span> exact answer without <span class="highlight">using</span> paper and pencil, or other physical aids. Metric <span class="highlight">System</span>: <span class="highlight">A</span> measurement <span class="highlight">system</span> of measurement <span class="highlight">based</span> on powers of ten. Midpoint: <span class="highlight">A</span> point that separates <span class="highlight">a</span> line segment into two congruent parts. Mixed Number: <span class="highlight">A</span> number made up of <span class="highlight">an</span> integer and <span class="highlight">a</span> fraction. Mode: The value/category that occurs most often
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<span class="highlight">system</span> of marks at fixed intervals used in measurement or graphical <span class="highlight">representation</span>. Scale Drawing: <span class="highlight">A</span> reduced or enlarged drawing whose <span class="highlight">shape</span> is the same as the object it represents. Scalene Triangle: <span class="highlight">A</span> triangle having no congruent sides. Scatter Plot: Data that is plotted as points on <span class="highlight">a</span> graph to show <span class="highlight">a</span> possible relationship between two sets of data. Scientific Notation: <span class="highlight">A</span> method of writing very large or very small numbers by <span class="highlight">using</span> powers of 10. (In scientific notation, 3456 is 3.456 x 10
2006 Science and Technology/Engineering Curriculum Framework
sections of the river they observed. After completing their drawings, the students found a satellite image of the Merrimack River on the Internet. Using the Merrimack image, Mr. D helped students relate their birds-eye drawings to the satellite image. Students i...
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sections of the river they observed. After completing their drawings, the students found a satellite image of the Merrimack River on the Internet. Using the Merrimack image, Mr. D helped students relate their birds-eye drawings to the satellite image. Students identified patterns of erosion, degrees of meandering, and surrounding vegetation. They used Web sites, topographical maps, and other resources to collect additional information about the river. They researched how the underlying bedrock, topology
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radar, and telescope imageries; <span class="highlight">using</span> satellite and radar images and weather maps to illustrate weather forecasts; <span class="highlight">using</span> seismic data to identify regions of seismic activity; and <span class="highlight">using</span> data from various instruments that are used to study deep space and the solar <span class="highlight">system</span>, as well as the inquiry skills listed below. SIS1. Make observations, raise questions, and formulate hypotheses. • Observe the world from <span class="highlight">a</span> scientific perspective. • Pose questions and form hypotheses <span class="highlight">based</span> on personal observations
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sections of the river they observed. After completing their drawings, the students found <span class="highlight">a</span> satellite <span class="highlight">image</span> of the Merrimack River on the Internet. <span class="highlight">Using</span> the Merrimack <span class="highlight">image</span>, Mr. D helped students relate their birds-eye drawings to the satellite <span class="highlight">image</span>. Students identified patterns of erosion, degrees of meandering, and surrounding vegetation. They used Web sites, topographical maps, and other resources to collect additional information about the river. They researched how the underlying bedrock, topology
Microsoft Word - Completed Reading.rtf
is made concrete through representation in person, action, and image. Theme is not simply a subject or an activity, vice for instance, but a proposition, such as “Vice seems more interesting than virtue but turns out to be destructive.” Sometimes the th...
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is made concrete through representation in person, action, and image. Theme is not simply a subject or an activity, vice for instance, but a proposition, such as “Vice seems more interesting than virtue but turns out to be destructive.” Sometimes the theme is directly stated in the work, and sometimes it is given indirectly. There may be more than one theme in a given work. See Main idea, Moral Thesis An attitude or position taken by a writer or speaker with the purpose of proving or supporting it. See
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the world is the way it is. Narration/Narrative writing Writing that relates <span class="highlight">an</span> event or <span class="highlight">a</span> series of events; <span class="highlight">a</span> story. Narration can be imaginary, as in <span class="highlight">a</span> short story or <span class="highlight">novel</span>; or factual, as in <span class="highlight">a</span> newspaper account or <span class="highlight">a</span> work of history. See Description, Exposition, Persuasion Narrator The person or voice telling the story. The narrator can be <span class="highlight">a</span> character in the story or <span class="highlight">a</span> voice outside the action. See Point of view Neoclassicism <span class="highlight">A</span> revival of classical standards and forms during the late 17 th
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is made concrete through <span class="highlight">representation</span> in person, action, and <span class="highlight">image</span>. Theme is not simply <span class="highlight">a</span> subject or <span class="highlight">an</span> activity, vice for instance, but <span class="highlight">a</span> proposition, such as “Vice seems more interesting than virtue but turns out to be destructive.” Sometimes the theme is directly stated in the work, and sometimes it is given indirectly. There may be more than one theme in <span class="highlight">a</span> given work. See Main idea, Moral Thesis <span class="highlight">An</span> attitude or position taken by <span class="highlight">a</span> writer or speaker with the purpose of proving or supporting it. See
Kansas Curricular Standard forReadingStd[1]_081709.doc
document is not intended to be a state-mandated curriculum. Local curricula should further refine and shape the way that students demonstrate their development in the communication arts. This document was developed with an understanding that all students will be given an...
Glossaryreadingglossary.pdf
genre - n. 1. a category used to classify literary works, usually by form, technique, or content. Note: Classic literary genres are tragedy, comedy, epic, lyric, and pastoral. "Today, the novel, essay, short story, television play, and motion picture scenario are also...
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genre - n. 1. a category used to classify literary works, usually by form, technique, or content. Note: Classic literary genres are tragedy, comedy, epic, lyric, and pastoral. "Today, the novel, essay, short story, television play, and motion picture scenario are also considered genres" (Holman and Harmon, 1992). √ goals - see character's goal grapheme - n. a written or printed representation of a phoneme, as b for /b/ and oy for /oi/ in boy. Note: In English, a grapheme may be a single
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short stories, but also including plays and narrative poetry. √ figurative language - language enriched by word images and figures of speech. √ Fishbone Graphic Organizer - see graphic organizers flashback - <span class="highlight">a</span> <span class="highlight">technique</span> of disrupting the chronology of <span class="highlight">a</span> narrative by shifting to <span class="highlight">an</span> earlier time in order to introduce information. √ fluency - freedom from word-identification problems that might hinder comprehension in silent reading of the expression of ideas in oral reading; automaticity
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genre - n. 1. <span class="highlight">a</span> category used to classify literary works, usually by form, <span class="highlight">technique</span>, or content. Note: Classic literary genres are tragedy, comedy, epic, lyric, and pastoral. "Today, the <span class="highlight">novel</span>, essay, short story, television play, and motion picture scenario are also considered genres" (Holman and Harmon, 1992). √ goals - see character's goal grapheme - n. <span class="highlight">a</span> written or printed <span class="highlight">representation</span> of <span class="highlight">a</span> phoneme, as b for /b/ and oy for /oi/ in boy. Note: In English, <span class="highlight">a</span> grapheme may be <span class="highlight">a</span> single
Mathematics Content Standards - Curriculum Frameworks (CA Dept of Education)
62 GLOSSARY parallel. Given distinct lines in the plane that are infinite in both directions, the lines are parallel if they never meet. Two distinct lines in the coordinate plane are parallel if and only if they have the same slope. permutation. A permutation of the set of num bers {1,...
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62 GLOSSARY parallel. Given distinct lines in the plane that are infinite in both directions, the lines are parallel if they never meet. Two distinct lines in the coordinate plane are parallel if and only if they have the same slope. permutation. A permutation of the set of num bers {1, 2, .␣ .␣ . ,n} is a reordering of these numbers. polar coordinates. The coordinate system for the plane based on rθ, the distance from the origin and θ, and the angle between the positive x-axis and the ray from
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62 GLOSSARY parallel. Given distinct lines in the plane that are infinite in both directions, the lines are parallel if they never meet. Two distinct lines in the coordinate plane are parallel if and only if they have the same slope. permutation. <span class="highlight">A</span> permutation of the set of num­ bers {1, 2, .␣ .␣ . ,n} is <span class="highlight">a</span> reordering of these numbers. polar coordinates. The coordinate <span class="highlight">system</span> for the plane <span class="highlight">based</span> on rθ, the distance from the origin and θ, and the angle between the positive x-axis and the ray from
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regions. • Creating effective geographic representations using appro- priate elements to demonstrate an understanding of relative location, location, size, and shape of the local community, Vermont, the U.S., and locations worldwide (e.g., create a represen...
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regions. • Creating effective geographic representations using appro- priate elements to demonstrate an understanding of relative location, location, size, and shape of the local community, Vermont, the U.S., and locations worldwide (e.g., create a representation of a globe, including continents, oceans, and major parallels). • Identifying and using basic elements of the map (e.g., cardi- nal directions and key). • Using grid systems to locate places on maps and globes (e.g., longitude and latitude
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regions. • Creating <span class="highlight">effective</span> geographic representations <span class="highlight">using</span> appro- priate elements to demonstrate <span class="highlight">an</span> understanding of relative location, location, size, and <span class="highlight">shape</span> of the local community, Vermont, the U.S., and locations worldwide (e.g., create <span class="highlight">a</span> <span class="highlight">representation</span> of <span class="highlight">a</span> globe, including continents, oceans, and major parallels). • Identifying and <span class="highlight">using</span> basic elements of the map (e.g., cardi- nal directions and key). • <span class="highlight">Using</span> grid systems to locate places on maps and globes (e.g., longitude and latitude
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