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Space - Word Wall Vocabulary

In Earth and Space Science Space & Solar System

PDF, Word | 2 pages

Ninety space related vocabulary cards for a word wall.

Print out these Space Word Wall Vocabulary cards and cut them along the line. Stick them up around your room to immerse your students in the content specific vocabulary.

There is a blank sheet provided at the end for any extra words that your students may want to add.

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Space Vocabulary

Space	Earth	Solar System
Jupiter	Mars	quarter moon
Neptune	moon	gibbous moon
Mercury	Pluto	half moon
Saturn	Venus	crescent moon
Uranus	planet	axial tilt
waning	waxing	asteroid belt
asteroid	black hole	big bang theory
astronaut	comet	binary star
astronomer	astronomy	elliptical orbit
density	constellation	deep space
cosmonaut	cosmos	dwarf planet
crater	day	dwarf star
dust	equinox	inner planets
eclipse	ecliptic	inferior planets
galaxy	lunar	falling star
meteorite	meteor	meteor shower
meteoroid	lens	gravity
full moon	inertia	Milky Way
mass	magnitude	outer planets
nebula	orbit	shooting star
rocket	solar	space exploration
solstice	star	total eclipse
umbra	space	vernal equinox
sky	satellite	solar system
new moon	penumbra	solar wind
light-year	rings	partial eclipse
observatory	phase	orbital inclination
universe	zodiac	space station
sun	starlight	telescope

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Common Core

Common Core Curriculum alignment

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.4.6
Acquire and use accurately grade-appropriate general academic and domain-specific words and phrases, including those that signal precise actions, emotions, or states of being (e.g., quizzed, whined, stammered) and that are basic to a particular topic...
In Grade 4 English Language Arts Standards Language Vocabulary Acquisition and Use
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.3.4
Determine the meaning of general academic and domain-specific words and phrases in a text relevant to a grade 3 topic or subject area.
In Grade 3 English Language Arts Standards Reading: Informational Text Craft and Structure

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