Publisher's Synopsis
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 synonyms and antonyms
- also covers suffixes, prefixes, determining word meaning, and connotations
- 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
- each set is focused on developing key language skills listed in the TEKS
- includes a complete answer key
Develops 10+ TEKS Language Arts Skills
- produces a thorough understanding of synonyms and antonyms
- illustrates how prefixes and suffixes change word meaning
- helps students distinguish between words with similar meanings
- provides practice using synonyms and antonyms to complete analogies
- builds an understanding of positive and negative connotations
- teaches students to use context to determine word meaning
- helps students make real-life connections between words and their meanings
- increases general vocabulary and develops knowledge of word meanings
- improves writing by encouraging stronger word choices
- promotes the use of effective and varied adjectives
- allows students to convey ideas precisely
- enhances reading comprehension skills
Improves Performance on the STAAR Reading and STAAR Writing Tests
- improves reading comprehension skills
- helps students perform well on questions about synonyms, antonyms, word meanings, prefixes, and suffixes
- improves performance on written composition tasks
