This book offers an organized program where students complete focused exercises to develop a key language skill required of Texas students. The exercises increase from easy, to moderate, and then to advanced. This leveled and focused approach will introduce students at a comfortable level and then build on the skills so that students reach and then exceed grade level expectations. Key Features - 101 exercises focused on compound words - also covers suffixes, prefixes, word analysis, synonyms, and antonyms - 10 complete sets of exercises organized into easy, moderate, and advanced - vocabulary, reading level, and difficulty increase through the sets - each set includes a variety of tasks that allow students to develop and then apply new skills - includes a complete answer key Develops 10+ TEKS Language Arts Skills - produces a thorough understanding of compound words - develops word analysis and decoding skills - introduces common prefixes and suffixes - illustrates how prefixes and suffixes change word meaning - develops skills in identifying and using synonyms and antonyms - teaches students to use context to determine word meaning - creates an understanding of words with multiple meanings - increases general vocabulary and develops knowledge of word meanings - provides practice understanding and using nouns, adjectives, and adverbs - introduces pronouns and demonstrates their meaning and uses - encourages the use of different techniques to determine correct spelling - enhances reading comprehension skills Improves Performance on the STAAR Reading and STAAR Writing Tests - improves reading comprehension skills - helps students perform well on questions testing vocabulary - improves performance on written composition tasks
- | Author: T. Hawas
- | Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
- | Publication Date: Aug 15, 2018
- | Number of Pages: 132 pages
- | Language: English
- | Binding: Paperback
- | ISBN-10: 1725626705
- | ISBN-13: 9781725626706