Word Wisdom will help students to unlockvocabulary in context as they discover the meaning of newwords and phrases through using context clues and analyzingmeaningful word parts.
Students will activate priorknowledge, use context clue strategies, and analyze roots asthey learn to interpret unfamiliar words in any context. Thewords chosen for each level are "Tier Two" academic wordsthat were selected based on word frequency studies; thesewords are unlikely to be learned through conversation butappear in written text across subjects.
This studentbook provides a year's worth of lessons that will helpstudents unlock the meaning of 270 new vocabulary wordsthrough 9 thematic units with 30 words per unit. Unitsinclude individual lessons that include a reading passagefollowed by a context clues strategy and then "Unlock theMeanings," "Process the Meanings," and "Apply what you'velearned" exercises. A review section and a practice test aregiven at the end of each unit.
This Grade 5 courseincludes 9 units on the themes of: food, movement, thinking,communication, measurement, work and money, language andwriting, legal matters, and good and bad. Concepts coveredinclude using context clues, learning specific Greek andLatin roots such as jud, pos, prob, pair, feit, graphand others, and developing specific reference skills .
223 pages with dictionary, softcover. Non-reproducible;consumable workbook.
Grade 5.
Please notethat this item is only available for purchase by Homeschoolslocated in the USA and Canada.
