This is an exciting and motivating presentation of typical spelling concepts. These phonics-based lessons will encourage students to improve and develop spelling and vocabulary skills. Each set includes a Teacher s Handbook with daily lesson plans, a student workbook, and a dictionary that lists all the words and definitions used in the student lessons. Grades 1-2." View More...
Grades 7-8 Standards-based critical thinking activities develop the analysis, synthesis, and vocabulary skills children need for exceptional reading comprehension. The activities are especially effective at helping children understand more challenging reading concepts such as drawing interferences, making conclusions, determining cause-and-effect, and using context clues to define vocabulary. Students read and analyze short literature passages and stories that include fiction and nonfiction genres. Then they answer multiple-choice and short-response questions, citing sentence evidence to suppo... View More...
Spelling DooRiddles, a new line of Dr. Doolittle's DooRiddles, develops both the visual and phonetic aspects of spelling and vocabulary. Students use associative reasoning, reading comprehension, and spelling skills to solve the two part riddles. Students analyze the first part of the riddle to identify the target word. Next, they read the second part of the riddle to determine whether to add, delete, or change the letters of the target word to produce the second word and solve the riddle. Teaching Support Includes practice activities, suggestions, and answers. View More...
