Grade 2 Read-Aloud

82 Westward Expansion: Supplemental Guide 4 | The Story of Sequoyah

Vocabulary Chart for The Story of Sequoyah

Core Vocabulary words are in bold.

Multiple Meaning Word Activity word is underlined.

Vocabulary Instructional Activity words have an asterisk (*).

Suggested words to pre-teach are in italics.

Type of Words Tier 3

Domain-Specifi c Words

Tier 2

General Academic Words

Tier 1

Everyday-Speech Words

Understanding

Ayoka

Carolinas

Cherokee

folktales

Georgia

sequoia

Sequoyah

syllable

Tennessee

clever

communicate*

concluded

confident

create*/created/

creating

generations

interacting

messages

orally

skeptical

symbol

language

learn/learned

officer

read

spoken

Multiple Meaning

chief

crops

native

reservations

approach

convinced

forced

honored

work

writing

Phrases

Native Americans

southeastern U.S.

talking leaves

writing system

heavy blow

went up in smoke

Cognates

nativo/native

reservaciones

sílaba

comunicar*

concluído

confiado

crear*/creado

generaciónes

escéptico

símbolo

lenguaje

nacional