Orange County Public Schools
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Peggy Rivers, Senior Director, Curriculum Services
C. Diane Knight, Senior Administrator K-12
Contact Information:
407-317-3200
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Mathematics grades K-2 |
Mathematics grades 3-5 |
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Addition Area Behind Below Between Calendar Cardinal number Chance Circle Clock Coin Corner Day Decreasing pattern Difference Direction Distance Estimate answer Foot (measurement) Graph Greater than Grouping Guess and check Height Hour In front Inch Increasing pattern Inside Left Length Less than Lists Location Measuring cup Minute Model Money Near Number Number line Numeral Numeric patter Ordinal number Orientation Outcome Outside Pattern Pattern extension Pound Prediction Rectangle Right Second (time) Set Shape combination Shape division Shape pattern Similarity Size Sound pattern Square Standard measures of time Standard measures of weight Subtraction Sum Table Temperature Temperature estimation Temperature measurement Time interval Triangle Under Volume Week Whole number Width Year Zero |
2-dimensional shape 2-dimensional shape
combination decomposition 2-dimensional shape slide 2-dimensional shape turn 2-dimensional space 3-dimensional shape 3-dimensional shape
combination Acute angle Addend Addition algorithm Algebraic expression Angle Angle measurement tool Angle unit Area Associative property Axes Bar graph Basic number combination Capacity Centimeter Certainty (probability) Circumference Classes of triangles Cluster Common denominator Common fractions Commutative property Congruent Conservation of area Constant Corresponding angles Corresponding sides Cube Cylinder Data Data cluster Data collection method Decimal Decimal addition Decimal division Decimal estimation Decimal multiplication Decimal subtraction Denominator Diagram Different size units Distributive property Dividend Divisibility Division Elapsed time English system of
measurement Equation Equilateral triangle Equivalent forms Equivalent fractions Equivalent representation Estimation Estimation of fractions Estimation of height Estimation of length Estimation of width Even numbers Event likelihood Expanded notation Extreme value Faces of a shape Factors Flip transformation Fraction Fraction addition Fraction division Fraction multiplication Fraction subtraction Fractions of different size Front-end estimation Function Geometric pattern Geometric patterns
extension Gram Greatest common factor Growing pattern Histogram Horizontal axis Identity property Improbability Improper fraction Inequality Inequality solutions Intersection of shape Invalid argument Investigation Irrelevant information in a
problem Isosceles triangle Least common multiple Line graph Linear pattern Mass Mean Measurement Measures of central
tendency Measures of height Measures of length Measures of width Median Meter Metric system Midpoint Mixed numbers Mode Multiple Multiplication Negative number Number of faces Number pairs Number sentence Number triplet Numerator Obtuse angle Odd numbers Open sentence Order of operations Parallel lines Parallelogram formula Part to whole Path Pattern addition Pattern subtraction Percent Perimeter Perpendicular lines Pie chart Positive number Prime factorization Prime number Prism Probability Process of elimination Product Proof Pyramid Quotient Rectangle formula Rectangular prism Reduced form Relative distance Relative magnitude Relative magnitude of
fractions Relative size Relevant information in a
problem Remainder Repeating pattern Restate a problem Reversing order of
operations Rhombus Right angle Rotation Rounding Ruler Same size units Sample Scale Shape similarity Shape symmetry Shape transformation Shrinking pattern Sphere Standard vs. nonstandard
units Studies Subset Subtraction algorithm Surface area Survey Symbolic representation Tallies Time zone Trail & error Triangle formula Truncation Unit conversion Unit differences Unlike denominators Valid argument Variability Venn diagram Verbal representation of a
problem Verification Vertical axis Volume measurement Volume of irregular shapes Volume of rectangular
solids |
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Science grades K-2 |
Science grades 3-5 |
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Air Animal features Balance Behavior pattern Burning Chart Circular motion Cloud Color Computer Daily weather pattern Day Death Dinosaur Dissolving Distance Diversity of life Earth’s gravity Earth’s rotation Egg Growth Habitat Heat Horsetail tree Individual differences Insect Light Liquid Liquid water Location Machine Magnet Magnification Magnifier Mammoth Mixture Month Moon Motion Night Observation Ocean Parent Parent/offspring similarity Pebble Plant Plant growth Position Precipitation Prediction Prehistoric animals Properties of light Pulling Pushing Reasoning Requirements for life Rock characteristics Ruler Salt water Sand Science Scientist Seasonal change Seasonal weather pattern Shape Shelter Similarities &
differences among organisms Size Sky Soil Solid rock Sound Star Star age Star brightness States of matter Straight-line motion Sun’s position Sun’s size Teamwork Temperature The senses Thermometer Universe Vibration Water Weather Weather conditions Weather pattern Week Weight Wind Year Zigzag motion |
Ability to support life Acceleration Air movement Animal product Apparent movement of the
plants Apparent movement of the
stars Apparent movement of the
Sun Applied force Astronomical distance Astronomical object Astronomical size Astronomy Bedrock Beneficial change Birth Body of water Boiling point Bones/no bones Calculator Carnivore Cause & effect Change of direction Change of motion Change of speed Changes in the Earth’s
surface Characteristics of air Charge attraction Charge repulsion Classification of
substances Competition Composition of matter Condensation Conduction Conductivity Conductor Conservation of mass Conservation of matter Constellation Control of variables Controlled experiment Cooling Core Data analysis Data interpretation Data presentation Density Detrimental change Disease Drought Earth’s axis Earth’s orbit Earth’s surface Earth’s temperature Earthquake Electrical charge Electrical circuit Electrical current Electricity Energy transfer Engineering Environment Environment changes Environment conditions Erosion Evaporation External cue Extinction Food chain Food web Force strength Forms of energy Forms of water Formula Fossil Fossil evidence Fresh water Friction Fulcrum Gases of the atmosphere Generator Glacial movement Glacier Graduated cylinder Graph Ground water Heat conduction Heat transfer Herbivore History of science Inclined plane Inherited characteristic Land form Landslide Life cycle Light absorption Light emission Light reflection Light fraction Living organism Logical argument Magnetic attraction Magnetic repulsion Mass Measurement of motion Melting point Metal Microscope Migration Mineral Moon’s orbit Moon’s phases Naturalistic observation Nutrients Ocean currents Offspring Oil Omnivore Ongoing process of science Organism Outer space Phase change Photosynthetic plants Physical properties Physical setting Pitch Plant Plant organ Plant product Plant root Plant/animal Pollution Population Population density Position over time Predator Prehistoric environment Prehistoric organisms Properties of soil Properties of sound Properties of water Question formulation Recycle Relative position Replicable experiment Reproducible result Reproduction Resource availability Rock breakage Rock composition Rock cycle Scientific equipment Scientific evidence Scientific experiment Soil color Soil composition Soil texture Solar system Solubility Stored energy Survival of organisms Technology Telescope Tide Topography Volcanic eruption Water capacity Weathered rock Weathering Wind patterns |
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Language Arts grades K-2 |
Language Arts grades 3-5 |
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Alphabet Author Back cover Beginning consonant Blend Book Cartoon Chapter Character Composition Comprehension Consonant blend Conversation Cover Date Dictionary Discussion Drawing Ending consonant Everyday language Fairy tale First name Folktale Follow/give directions Front cover Group discussion Guest speaker Keyboarding Language Last name Letter Letter-sound relationship Listening skill Long vowel Lowercase Magazine Main character Main idea Map Margin Mental image Message Movie Newspaper Number word Order of events Parts of a book Photographer Picture dictionary Poem Predictable book Prewriting Print Publish Purpose Question Reread Respond to literature Retell Rhyme Sentence Short vowel Sight word Sign Speech Spelling Spelling pattern Symbol Table of contents Talk turns Television program Textbook Theater Title Title page Typing Uppercase Videotape Villain Vocabulary Vowel combination Vowel sound |
Abbreviation Action verb Action word Actor Adjective Adverb Advertisement Affix Animation Antonym Apology Apostrophe Appendix Asking permission Audience Audiotape Auxiliary verb Brainstorm Capitalization Card catalog Cause and effect Central idea Chapter title Character development Chart Checklist Children’s literature Chronological order Citation Closing sentence Colon Comma Command Commercial Common noun Compare & contrast Complete sentence Complex sentence Compound word Concluding statement Conclusion Conflict Consonant substitution Construct meaning Content-area vocabulary Context clue Contraction Contrast Cue Cursive Custom Declarative sentence Decode Definition Detail Diary Direct Diary Direct quote Directions Director Discussion leader Double negative Draft Drama E-mail Edit Encyclopedia Ending Essay Example Explanation Expression Fable Facial expression Fantasy Fiction First person Form Friendly letter Genre Gesture Glossary Grammar Graphic artist Graphic organizer Graphics Greeting Guide words Heading Headline Host Hostess How question Humor Illustration Imagery Indentation Index Inference Internet Interrogative sentence Introduction Investigate Invitation Irregular plural noun Journal Key word Learning log Legend Letter of request Linking verb List Listening comprehension Literature Meaning clue Memory aid Minor character Miscue Mood Motive Multimeaning word Multiple drafts Multiple sources Mystery Myth Negative News Newspaper section Nonfiction Notes Noun Novel Numerical adjective Object Opinion Oral presentation Oral report Organization Outline Pamphlet Paragraph Passage Past tense Peer review Pen pal Period Personal letter Personal pronoun Phone directory Phonetic analysis Phase Pitch Plot Plot development Point of view Posing a question Possessive noun Possessive pronoun Posture Preface Prefix Preposition Prepositional phase Presentation Preview Prior knowledge Pronoun Pronunciation Proofread Prop Proper noun Punctuation Question mark Quotation Quotation marks R-controlled Radio program Rating Reading strategy Reading vocabulary Regular plural noun Regular verb Request Revise Rhyming dictionary Role playing Root word Rules of conversation Scan Science fiction Second person Sensory image Sentence structure Sequential order Setting Short story Signature Singular noun Skim Sound effect Source Special effect Spoken text Stay on topic Story element Story map Story structure Subject Subject –verb agreement Suffix Summarize Summary Summary sentence Supporting detail Suspense Syllabication Syllable Symbolism Synonym Table Tall tale Target language Tense Text Thank you letter Theme Theme music Thesaurus Third person Time line Tone Topic sentence Typeface Usage Verb Voice Voice level Volume Web site When question Where question Why question Word choice Word family Word search Written directions Written exchange |
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General History grades K-2 |
General History grades 3-5 |
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Abraham Lincoln America American Revolution, 1776 Ancient time Archeological evidence Argument Automobile Beginning Behavior Belief Benjamin Franklin Bow and arrow Bridge Building Calendar time Camel caravan Cause Celebration Ceremony Chariot Christmas Christopher Columbus City Colonial community Common good Community Country Cowboy Crop Cultural tradition Daily life Dance Day Decade Democracy Disagreement Domesticated animal Education Ending date England English colony Environment Equality Event Expansion Explorer Fable Family history Family life Farm Father of our country Folktale Fourth of July Freedom Future Generation Geography George Washington Goods Government Group membership Harvest festival Heroism History Holiday Houses of worship Housing Human rights Hunger Hunter/gatherer Idea Independence Individual rights Invention Job Journey Law Leader Liberty Liberty Bell Lifestyle Local history Martin Luther King Jr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day Memorial Day Middle Money Month Monument Myth Nation National flag National holiday Native American Newcomer Nonmotorized vehicle Oral tradition Origin Past Photograph Picture time line Pioneer Place-name Plant cultivation Pledge of Allegiance Plymouth Pony express Prairie Present Printing press Radio Recent past Recreation Region Regional folk hero Regional song Religion Resistance Respect for others Responsibility Revolution Role Rulers Satellite system Senior citizen home Services Society Soup kitchen State Steam engine Steamship Surplus food Symbol Tall tale Team member Technology Telegraph Temple Territory Thanksgiving Thomas Jefferson Time line Today Tomorrow Tool Town Trade Trail Transportation Travel United States Vote War Week Wheel White House Worker World Year Yesterday |
A. D. Abolition movement Abolitionist Acceptable behavior Adolf Hitler Africa African American African slave trade Agriculture Aircraft carrier Alaska Alexander Graham Bell Alliance Allied Powers Amelia Earhart American Indian chief American society American symbol Americas, the Ancestor worship Ancient Greece Ancient Rome Angel Island Annexation Anno Domini Anti-Chinese movement Aqueduct Archeology Architect Architecture Armed forces Artifact Artistic expression Asia Asian American Asian Pacific settler Assembly line Astoria Astrolabe Attitudes Author’s interpretation Autobiography Aviation Aztec Ballad Bantu migrations in African B.C., Before Christ B.C.E., Before the Common
Era Behavioral consequence Behavioral pattern Bering land bridge Betty Zane Big business Bill of Rights Billy the Kid Biography Black Hawk War Blue-collar worker Booker T. Washington Boston Tea Party Braille alphabet Brer Rabbit Britain British Isle Bronze tool-making
technology California Camel Campaign Canada Canal system Caribbean Castle system Castle Cattle herders C. E. Central Africa Central America Century Cesar Chavez Character trait Cherokee Cherokee Trail of Tears China Chinese community Chinese New Year Christian Chronology Cinco de Mayo Citizenship Civil liberties Civil rights Civil rights movement Civil war Civil War (U.S.) Clara Barton Class Climate changes Coal mining Coffee trade Cold War Colonial government Colonial period Colonist Colony Columbian Exchange Columbus Commercial advertising Commercial center Common Era Common man Communication technology Communism Compass Computer technology Conquest Constitution Convent Corruption Country of origin Court Craft Credibility Cuba Cuban Missile Crisis Cultural contact Cuneiform Custom Daniel Boone Davey Crockett Debt Declaration of Independence Delegated power Democratic values Development country Development Diplomacy Direct experience Discovery Disease Document Dugout Phoenician ship Dust Bowl Dutch Early Middle Ages Earnings Earthquake East Asia Eastern Europe Eastern Hemisphere Economic interdependence Economic system Egypt Egyptian time Eleanor Roosevelt Elected representative Electricity Elizabeth Blackwell Ellis Island Emancipation Emancipation Proclamation Emperor Empire Employment Enlightenment Entertainment industry Equal rights Era Eric the Red Erie Canal Ethnic diversity Ethnic tradition Europe European colonization European Crusades European explorer European settler Expedition Extended family Eyewitness account Factory Family alliance Family farm Family role Famine Far West Farming methods Ferdinand Magellan Fertilizer First inhabitant Fishing community Flooding pattern Food production Food storage Forced relocation Foreign policy Foreign trade Former master Former slave France Francisco Franco Franklin D. Roosevelt Frederick Douglass Freedom of expression Freedom of religion Freedom of speech French colony French Revolution Frontier Frontiersman Galileo Geographic border Geology George Bush George Washington Carver Gerald Ford Germany Geronimo Gold production Great Depression Group behavior Group expectations Gunpowder Hanging Gardens of Babylon Harriet Tubman Hawaii Hawaiian culture Hemisphere Henry Ford Hieroglyphic Historian Historic figure Historical document Historical map Home country Home front Homeless Hopi Household appliance Human cost Hymn Immigrant Immigration Incan Empire Incan highway Independence movement Indian time Indigenous people Industrial Revolution Industrial society Infectious disease Institution Interest group International conflict Internet, the Interpretation Interstate highway system Inuit Iron Iron tools and weapons Iroquois Islam Islamic law Israel Italy Jackie Robinson Jacques Cartier James Armistead Japan Jedediah Smith Jesus of Nazareth Jew Jewish time Joe Magarac John Glenn John Henry Jonas Salk Judaism Justice |