First Grade Vocabulary Lists

Science

Air resistance, inflate, gas, compress, inflate, matter, pressure, submerge, wind, cirrus, cumulus, stratus,

temperature, thermometer, flexible, liquid, opaque, property, rigid, transparent, viscous, cylinder,

translucent, germinate/germination, root, observe, bud, node, tuber, and habitat

Reading/Language Arts

Author, illustrator, character/s, setting, problem, solution, sequence, beginning, middle, end, fiction,

fantasy, opinion, fact, silent e, vowel team/s, diphthong, digraph, consonant cluster (blend)

difference/different, various vocabulary for each story, bossy R (R controlled), H brothers

Math

More, less, difference, partner, total, compare, contrast, graph, perimeter, glyph, symmetry, fewer

Health

Drug, prescription, illegal, couch potato, dangerous, safe, ribs, lungs, heart, brain, healthy/healthful,

digest, food pyramid, medicine, communication, trustworthy, alcohol, germs, pollution

Social Studies

Law, rule, responsibility, right, community, country, state, city, resources, symbol, settler, colony,

tradition, custom, immigrant, folk tale

Art

Line, texture, primary colors, secondary colors, details, space, balance, contrast, emphasis, movement,

pattern, shape, value

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