Zaner-Bloser Word Wisdom Grade 5: Student Edition (2017 Edition)

Word Wisdom is a helpful resource for students in 8th grade to understand vocabulary within a given context. By using context clues and analyzing word parts, students can unlock the meaning of new words and phrases.

Through this program, students will activate their prior knowledge, utilize context clue strategies, and analyze word roots to interpret unfamiliar words in any context. The chosen words are Tier Two academic words, selected based on word frequency studies. These words are not commonly learned through conversation but frequently appear in written texts across subjects.

This student book offers a year’s worth of lessons, helping students to understand the meaning of 270 new vocabulary words. Divided into 9 thematic units with 30 words per unit, each unit includes individual lessons with a reading passage followed by a context clue strategy. The lessons then progress to Unlock the Meanings, Process the Meanings, and Apply what you’ve learned exercises. At the end of each unit, there is a review section and a practice test.

The Grade 5 course comprises 9 units on various themes, including food, movement, thinking, communication, measurement, work, money, language and writing, legal matters, and good and bad. Concepts covered in this course include using context clues, learning specific Greek and Latin roots such as jud pos prob pair feit graph, and developing reference skills.

This book consists of 223 pages and is a softcover edition with a dictionary. It is non-reproducible and intended for use as a consumable workbook.

Please note that this item is only available for purchase by Homeschools located in the USA and Canada.

Information

Subject:Language Arts

Grade:Grade 5

Brand:Zaner-Bloser

Publisher Date:01/01/2017

UPC:9781453119082