ISEE Primary 2 key terms

A single written symbol, such as b or M, that stands for a sound in a word. Words are built by putting letters in order.

A group of letters with a meaning that can be read and spoken on its own, like cat, jump, or happy.

A group of words that tells a complete idea. It begins with a capital letter and ends with a period, question mark, or exclamation point.

Marks such as periods, question marks, commas, and exclamation points that show where ideas stop, pause, or ask something in writing.

A small dot placed at the end of a telling sentence to show the thought is finished, as in 'The dog ran fast.'

The mark ? used at the end of a sentence that asks something, such as 'Where is my hat?'

The large form of a letter, like A or B. It starts every sentence and begins the names of people, places, and pets.

The spoken part of a word that you hear. Letters and letter pairs stand for sounds, and blending sounds makes words.

When two words end with the same sound, like cat and hat or moon and spoon. Rhyming words are often used in poems.

A piece of writing arranged in short lines that often rhymes and uses careful, colorful words to share a feeling or picture.

Writing that tells about people, animals, or events, with a beginning, a middle, and an end.

A person or animal that takes part in a story. Readers learn about a character by what the character says and does.

The place and time where a story happens, such as a farm in the morning or a city long ago.

The most important point a short passage is about. Everything else in the passage helps explain or support it.

A small piece of information in a passage, such as a name, number, or fact, that helps answer questions about what was read.

A short piece of writing that a reader reads and then answers questions about. It may be a story or a short article.

An image in a book that helps a reader figure out a word or understand what is happening in the text.

A word that means the reverse of another word, such as hot and cold or up and down.

When two different words tell about the same idea, such as big and large or happy and glad.

A symbol or word that tells how many or which one, such as 7, twelve, or first. Numbers are used to count and compare.

To say the numbers in order while pointing to each object once, so you find out how many there are in all.

Any one of the symbols 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, or 9. Digits are put together to write larger numbers.

The value a digit has because of where it sits in a number. In 34, the 3 means three tens and the 4 means four ones.

Groups of ten. In a two-digit number like 52, the 5 stands for five groups of ten, which is fifty.

The single items left after making groups of ten. In 52, the 2 is in the ones place and means two single ones.

To put two or more groups together to find the total. Adding 3 and 4 gives 7.

To take one amount away from another to find what is left or the difference. Subtracting 2 from 6 leaves 4.

The answer you get when you add numbers together. The sum of 5 and 3 is 8.

The answer you get when you subtract one number from another, or how much larger one number is than another.

The symbol = placed between two amounts to show they are the same, as in 4 + 1 = 5.

A math statement written with numbers and signs, such as 6 - 2 = 4, that shows a complete idea about amounts.

A number that can be split into two equal groups with nothing left over, such as 2, 4, 6, 8, or 10.

A number that cannot be split into two equal groups without one left over, such as 1, 3, 5, 7, or 9.

The form of an object, described by its outline. Common flat shapes include circles, squares, triangles, and rectangles.

One of the straight lines that makes the edge of a flat shape. A triangle has three sides and a square has four.

The point where two sides of a shape meet. A square has four corners and a triangle has three.

A set of things that repeats in the same order, such as red, blue, red, blue, or 2, 4, 6, 8.

To look at two or more amounts or objects and decide which is more, which is less, or whether they are the same.

Showing that one number is larger than another. The symbol > points its open side toward the bigger number, as in 8 > 3.

Showing that one number is smaller than another. The symbol < points its open side toward the bigger number, as in 2 < 6.