Words Are Wonderful, Book 3 (Homeschool Edition)
Words Are Wonderful is an interactive word study program fostering vocabulary and skills. Book 3 (Grade 5) offers exercises on dictionary entries, word origins, context clues, idioms, and more, drawn from science, history, biographies, geography, stories, and poetry. This 24-lesson book meets state standards, with every sixth lesson as a review. Student books feature interactive exercises, comprehensive oral components, critical thinking exercises, and reading selections from various content areas. Designed for Grade 5. Available for purchase by Homeschools only.
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Words Are Wonderful is a flexible and interactive word study program designed to enhance vocabulary and vocabulary skills. Through various exercises, teachers can easily tailor instruction to meet students' individual needs, instructional levels, and learning styles.
Book 3, intended for Grade 5, enhances students' vocabulary skills through independent and collaborative exercises on various topics. These include dictionary entries, word origins, context clues, similes, metaphors, idioms, compound words, onomatopoeia, alliteration, words with multiple meanings, synonyms, antonyms, prefixes, roots, suffixes, analogies, and footnotes. Selections are drawn from science (such as microscopes, microorganisms, the blue whale, and Venus flytrap plants), historical reports on ancient Greece and the Great Wall of China, biographies of Langston Hughes, Mildred Benson, Harriet Tubman, Susan B. Anthony, and Clara Barton, geography (Australia and the Great Barrier Reef), stories (folktale and legend), and poetry. This 24-lesson book is designed to meet state standards for vocabulary development, with every sixth lesson serving as a review.
The Words Are Wonderful Student Books feature integrated and systematic word study with interactive exercises, an oral component for practicing new words, a wide range of exercises for critical thinking and discussion skills, reading selections from various content areas, strategy center sections for reinforcement and review, and a glossary with pronunciations, definitions, and example sentences for all vocabulary words taught in the student book.
Book 3 is designed for Grade 5.
Please note that this item is available for purchase by Homeschools only.
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Subject: Language Arts
Grade: Grade 3-Grade 5
Brand: Educators Publishing Service
Author: Dorothy Grant Hennings
UPC: 9780838825334
Pages: 222
