To help educators teach with confidence once they’re in the classroom, this text is packed with practical, immediately applicable material. deepen older students’ proficiency with language by introducing less common Latin roots and Greek combining forms, new words entering the English language, and lessons built around themes such as calendars and mythology.

help students understand and correctly use the components of the English language, including common consonant and vowel patterns, syllable patterns, common spelling rules, prefixes and suffixes, roots, nonphonetic words, and contractions.

improve students’ spelling skills by teaching the origins of English words, Anglo-Saxon base words, Latin affixes and roots, Greek combining forms, and multisyllabic words.

promote students’ print awareness and phonological awareness through letter naming, letter forming, and listening and speaking activities such as poetry and play.

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