Teaching the Critical Vocabulary of the Common Core: 55 Words That Make or Break Student Understanding
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Your students may recognize words like determine, analyze, and distinguish, but do they understand these words well enough to quickly and completely answer a standardized test question? For example, can they respond to a question that says “determine the point of view of John Adams in his 'Letter on Thomas Jefferson′ and analyze how he distinguishes his position from an alternative approach articulated by Thomas Jefferson”?
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The Critical Words: The Verbs
About the authors

Marilee Sprenger is a veteran educator with more than 25 years of experience teaching elementary, middle, and high school. She is an author, a professional development specialist, and a popular presenter at conferences and trainings. She has provided keynote addresses internationally and specializes in social-emotional learning, executive functioning, memory, vocabulary, and the brain.
She is a member of the American Academy of Neurology and is the author of several publications related to the brain and learning, including the book The Missing Link to Make Them Think and the quick reference guide Improving Executive Function Skills. Click here for more information.