In this 2nd edition bundle of Using Language Well, students review grammar concepts while also being introduced to adjectives; antecedents; articles; common nouns; helping and linking verbs; nouns; pronouns and possessive pronouns; proper nouns; complete subject and predicate; and verb tenses. Punctuation study will include colons, ellipses; hyphens; and semicolons. This level teaches fun skills like alphabetizing by last name, using a dictionary, and paraphrasing. The Teacher Book will include answers for each lesson, rubrics for evaluating student’s work, helpful teaching tips, grading rubrics, an index, and more. As an example of the selected resources, an early lesson has your student engage with a Churchill quotation, “All great things are simple, and many can be expressed in single words: freedom, justice, honor, duty, mercy, hope.” By the end of this course, students will learn from a 6-sentence paragraph taken from Mark Twain’s The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. A placement test is available for further guidance. Additional Teacher Books and consumable student books are sold separately. Directions are in the student book; answers and teaching aids are in the teacher book. ~ Ruth
Using Language Well Book 3 Bundle (2nd Edition)
Description
Level 3 of Using Language Well focuses on the skills of grammar, spelling, and writing is taught through dictation. Students should be able to read and write at a fifth-grade level. Students will begin looking for usage patterns in capitalization and punctuation. Parts of speech instruction begins at this level and will continue in Using Language Well Book 4. A placement test is available to help select the best starting place. For spelling, you can customize dictation to three levels of ability: working on essentials; encouraging steady growth; or challenging a stronger speller. Writing assignments can be selected from your student’s reading from other school subjects such as history or science. At this level, as a goal in writing skills, students should be able to complete dictations of 2-3 sentences and complete two written narrations weekly. Scripture is taken from the ESV. Rubrics help target correction more carefully. Directions are in the student book; answers and teaching aids are in the teacher book. ~ Ruth
| Product Format: | Product Bundle |
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| Grade: | 5 |
| Brand: | Rainbow Resource Center |