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Within each subject area of DesCartes, vocabulary is included in the first RIT Score Range in which they apply by your goal areas. The RIT Score Range here indicates when the corresponding group of words may need to be introduced into the curriculum for this subject area based on all NWEA data.  \nReading  \nRIT Score Range: 141–150  \n• beginning sound  \n• letter  \n• narrative  \nRIT Score Range: 151–160  \n• ABC order  \n• book  \n• ending sound  \n• paragraph  \n• prefix  \n• report  \n• rhyme  \n• riddle  \n• sentence  \n• story  \nRIT Score Range: 161–170  \n• advertisement  \n• base  \n• compound word  \n• contraction  \n• directions  \n• fairy tale  \n• folk tale  \n• index  \n• list  \n• main idea  \n• note  \n• nursery rhyme  \n• opposite  \n• passage  \n• personal narrative  \n• poem  \n• problem  \n• question  \n• root  \n• setting  \n• sign  \n• syllable  \n• table of contents  \n• thank-you note  \n• vowel  \n• word family  \nRIT Score Range: 171–180  \n• announcement  \n• article  \n• atlas  \n• author  \n• author's purpose  \n• bias  \n• biography  \n• business letter  \na-i Reading  \n©2005 NWEA. DesCartes: A Continuum of Learning is the exclusive copyrighted property of NWEA. Unauthorized use, reproduction, or distribution is prohibited.  \n• category  \n• chapter  \n• character  \n• cookbook  \n• dictionary  \n• effect  \n• fable  \n• fact  \n• fantasy  \n• journal  \n• label  \n• main character  \n• make-believe  \n• newspaper  \n• nonfiction  \n• opinion  \n• outline  \n• persuasive essay  \n• root word  \n• rule  \n• schedule  \n• science fiction  \n• short story  \n• statement  \n• suffix  \n• tall tale  \n• textbook  \n• title  \n• title page  \nRIT Score Range: 181–190  \n• advertise  \n• almanac  \n• antonym  \n• bibliography  \n• cause and effect  \n• characteristics  \n• classify  \n• conclusion  \n• conflict  \n• definition  \n• describe  \n• encyclopedia  \n• fiction  \n• genre  \n• glossary  \n• historical fiction  \n• instructions  \n• invitation  \n• legend  \n• magazine  \n• manual  \n• mood  \n• moral  \n• multisyllabic  \n• order of events  \n• phrase  \n• play  \n• plot  \n• poet  \n• poetry  \n• point of view  \n• predict  \n• reference book  \n• resource  \n• source  \n• summarize  \n• text  \n• theme  \n• thesaurus  \n• topic sentence  \n• Venn diagram  \nRIT Score Range: 191–200  \n• American literature  \n• analogy  \n• argue  \n• caption  \n• chart  \n• climax  \n• compare  \n• compare and contrast  \n• description  \n• detail  \n• develop  \n• drama  \n• entertain  \n• essay  \n• example  \n• fact and opinion  \nReading a-ii  \n©2005 NWEA. DesCartes: A Continuum of Learning is the exclusive copyrighted property of NWEA. Unauthorized use, reproduction, or distribution is prohibited.  \n• figure of speech  \n• footnote  \n• guide words  \n• infer  \n• inference  \n• inform  \n• job announcement  \n• labels  \n• main point  \n• memoir  \n• meter  \n• myth  \n• narrator  \n• news  \n• novel  \n• persuade  \n• policy  \n• purpose  \n• recipe  \n• resolution  \n• rhythm  \n• rising action  \n• science book  \n• speaker  \n• stanza  \n• synonym  \n• topic  \n• vocabulary  \n• word root  \nRIT Score Range: 201–210  \n• acronym  \n• alliteration  \n• anecdote  \n• annotated bibliography  \n• anthology  \n• argument  \n• assumption  \n• autobiography  \n• book review  \n• British literature  \n• brochure  \n• catalog  \n• chronological order  \n• conclude  \n• context  \n• conversation  \n• dialogue  \n• diary  \n• draft  \n• editorial  \n• evaluate  \n• exaggeration  \n• excerpt  \n• explain  \n• feeling  \n• field guide  \n• figurative language  \n• graph  \n• graphic organizer  \n• homonym  \n• literary device  \n• literary element  \n• map  \n• middle sound  \n• pamphlet  \n• personal essay  \n• persuasion  \n• problem and solution  \n• reference  \n• reference material  \n• research  \n• review  \n• satire  \n• scene  \n• secondary source  \n• sequence  \n• simile  \n• speech  \n• summary  \n• verb  \nRIT Score Range: 211–220  \n• allusion  \n• append","cbCaicO64DaiSAmw","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaicO64DaiSAmw","pdf",159786,38,"English","# Reading\n## RIT Score Range 141–150\n## RIT Score Range 151–160\n## RIT Score Range 161–170\n## RIT Score Range 171–180\n## RIT Score Range 181–190\n## RIT Score Range 191–200\n## RIT Score Range 201–210\n## RIT Score Range 211–220\n## RIT Score Range 221–230\n## RIT Score Range 231–240\n## RIT Score Range 241–250\n## RIT Score Range 251–260","[{\"question\":\"What does Appendix A provide in the NWEA DesCartes assessment materials?\",\"answer\":\"Appendix A provides assessment vocabulary organized for reading, language usage, mathematics, science concepts and processes, and general science.\"},{\"question\":\"How are the reading vocabulary items organized in this appendix?\",\"answer\":\"Reading vocabulary items are grouped by subject area and assigned to specific RIT Score Ranges where they apply.\"},{\"question\":\"What is the purpose of the RIT Score Range in the document?\",\"answer\":\"The RIT Score Range indicates when the corresponding group of words may need to be introduced into the curriculum for that subject area based on all NWEA data.\"}]","Vocabulary Appendix A - Reading | PDF",1791006306,96]