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    INFORMAL VOCABULARY INVENTORY

    (Harris & Jacobson)

    Primer Grade 1 Grade 2 Grade 3 Grade 4

    father zoo wink wobble tingle


    hen train sharp worst vacuum
    high smell possum reward sturdy
    bird quiet perfect stalk yam
    people money overhead presto skull
    thank letter breeze manager raw
    youth guess hospital lantern pioneer
    seed draw meadow hoof grocer
    night bone apartment ghastly drought
    open beautiful captain eager crimson
    grow always coyote cactus confidence

    Grade 5 Grade 6 Grade 7 Grade 8

    rodent visor tutor scant


    violent vague tardy phony
    plumber theft sphere rapport
    labor rotate saliva trivial
    holly rabies pedestal violation
    revenge plankton peril transmit
    pursue overcast motto foreground
    fabric habitat jackhammer merge
    chat fiend khaki joust
    blurt ecology camouflage doctrine
    astronomer employ abacus amputate

    Say 10 of the 11 words to the student. Begin at student’s grade placement.


    Ask student to define, or use in a sentence in a way that describes the word.
    Give 10 points if correct, 0 points if incorrect, and 5 points if you feel the answer is
    partially correct.

    Vocabulary Levels
    90% = Independent
    70%-80% = Instructional
    <50% = Frustrational
    (Technical note – Words taken from Harris & Jacobson (1982). Basic Reading Vocabularies. McMillan.)

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