Compentency 10: Assessing Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 1. consists of the words you use when you write
  2. 4. consists of the words you use when you talk. It is always smaller than your listening vocabulary
  3. 5. over a period of time the gap between high-achieving and low-achieving readers widens.
  4. 6. consists of the words you can recognize and correctly pronounce
  5. 8. refers to what you know about a specific topic
  6. 10. consists of the words you understand when reading silently
  7. 12. includes simple words that most children will know without instruction
Down
  1. 2. most difficult of all because they are used only in one specific "domain" or one specific area of study
  2. 3. consists of the words you understand when listening to other people speak
  3. 7. more difficult words that appear in several contexts across two or more areas of study
  4. 9. this type of academic language consists of words that are used in several subjects (define, identify, summarize)
  5. 11. the language used in textbooks and tests, the language of the classroom