Word Wisdomwill help students to unlock vocabularyin context as they discover the meaning of new words andphrases through using context clues and analyzing meaningfulword parts.
Students will activate prior knowledge,use context clue strategies, and analyze roots as they learnto interpret unfamiliar words in any context. The wordschosen for each level are "Tier Two" academic words thatwere selected based on word frequency studies; these wordsare unlikely to be learned through conversation but appearin written text across subjects.
This student bookprovides a year's worth of lessons that will help studentsunlock the meaning of 270 new vocabulary words through 9thematic units with 30 words per unit. Units includeindividual lessons that include a reading passage followedby a context clues strategy and then "Unlock the Meanings,""Process the Meanings," and "Apply what you've learned"exercises. A review section and a practice test are given atthe end of each unit.
This Grade 5 course includes 9units 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.
Grade 5.
The Teacher's Guide provides an exampleof a weekly plan and daily plan at the beginning of thebook; it also includes annotated Student Edition pages withthe answers overlaid. In the margins surrounding the studentpages, teacher notes include an introduction withpre-reading discussion questions, as well as teaching tipsthat include model sentences and scripted questions (withanswers) where applicable. The back of the book includesadditional activity ideas for each unit plus reproduciblepre-test and post-tests for lessons and units.
This5th grade kit includes:
- Student Edition, 223pages with dictionary, softcover. Non-reproducible;consumable workbook.
Teacher Edition, 283 pages,softcover, spiralbound, landscape orientation. Please note that this item is only available forpurchase by Homeschools located in the USA andCanada.
