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__**PSSA Words to know **__

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__**--4th grade**__
__**Math Terms Used in the Academic Standards for Mathematics through grades 5**__ www.mathisfun.com
 * # acute angle
 * 1) area
 * 2) composite number
 * 3) congruent
 * 4) element
 * 5) equilateral
 * 6) expanded notation
 * 7) factors
 * 8) hypotenuse || # isosceles triangle
 * 9) least
 * 10) maximum
 * 11) mean
 * 12) median
 * 13) minimum
 * 14) mode
 * 15) multiples
 * 16) negative numbers
 * 17) obtuse angles || # parallel
 * 18) patterns
 * 19) perimeter
 * 20) perpendicular
 * 21) polygon
 * 22) prime numbers
 * 23) probability
 * 24) quadrilateral
 * 25) range
 * 26) right angle || # right triangle
 * 27) scalene triangle
 * 28) similar
 * 29) symmetrical
 * 30) tessellation
 * 31) trapezoid
 * 32) tree diagram
 * 33) triangle
 * 34) venn diagram
 * 35) volume ||

__**--5th grade**__
__**Reading Assessment Anchor Glossary**__
 * # alliteration
 * 1) allusion
 * 2) analysis
 * 3) antonym
 * 4) assertion
 * 5) author's purpose
 * 6) autobiography
 * 7) bias
 * 8) symbolism || # biography
 * 9) cause and effect
 * 10) characterization
 * 11) climax
 * 12) compare
 * 13) compound word
 * 14) conclusion
 * 15) context
 * 16) contrast
 * 17) descriptive text
 * 18) third person || # dialogue
 * 19) editorials
 * 20) evaluate
 * 21) exaggeration
 * 22) fable
 * 23) fairy tales
 * 24) fiction
 * 25) figurative language
 * 26) first person
 * 27) foreshadowing
 * 28) homophone || # imagery
 * 29) problem/solution
 * 30) rising action
 * 31) root word
 * 32) literary element
 * 33) metaphor
 * 34) multiple meaning word
 * 35) narrative
 * 36) onomatopoeia
 * 37) personification
 * 38) simile
 * 39) sonnet ||

__--6th grade__
__Math terms & reading__ base perfect square square root standard form algebraic expression compensation equation evaluating inverse operations variable compatible number divisible divisor expression quotient circle graph histogram || line graph median mode probablility range composite number GCF LCD LCM Like fractions mixed numbers prime prime factorization estimate simplest form rediporocal simplify capacity || gram proportion rate ratio scale congruent figures diagonal isosceles triange obtuse angel perpendicular lines plane polygon skew lines area chord circimfrence diameter perimeter || pi radius volume coordinate plane negative integers algebra equation inequality rational relation variable || analogy climax compare and contrast characterization dialogue fact figurative language historical fiction flashback poetry possessive prefix problem solution retell rhyme || imagery foreshadowing irony legend point of view metaphor realistic fiction mood resolution/solution meter homophones inference mood nonfiction paraphrase rising action root word suffix summarize || narrative sequencing narrator setting opinion simile personification antonyms symbolism synonyms onomatopoeia theme hyperbole idiom symbolism synonym third person tone || cliche autobiography biography compound word context clues evaluate fable fairy tale fiction first person folktales generalization genre informational text main idea ||
 * exponent
 * alliteration
 * alliteration