INDEPENDENT READING/ LEARNING GRADES K to 5 Instructional Focus ⊲ Vocabulary ⊲ Comprehension ⊲ Heavy-Lifting Words ⊲ Megaclusters ⊲ Synonyms & Antonyms ⊲ Idioms & Expressions ⊲ Tenses ⊲ Multilingual Learners SOLE SOURCE
Scholastic W.O.R.D. ® Supercharge vocabulary acquisition
With over 600,000 words in the English language, it can be hard to know what words matter most in literacy and life. That’s where Scholastic W.O.R.D. comes in. This digital program targets word acquisition with the 2,500 morphological word families that make up 90% of all students’ texts . Based on the research of Dr. Elfrieda Hiebert, W.O.R.D. uses compelling nonfiction and fiction stories and game-based vocabulary activities to teach students all the powerful ways words work.
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⊲ Supercharge vocabulary acquisition and deepen comprehension with fiction and nonfiction passages that teach new words in context. ⊲ Go beyond flash cards with fun interactive games that encourage children to make meaningful connections between words . ⊲ Build vocabulary skills the fun way! Games challenge students to use homonyms to write jokes, blast asteroids with synonyms and antonyms, and use affixes and derivatives to cook up new words. ⊲ Personalize and inform instruction with reports that pinpoint students’ proficiency in dozens of essential vocabulary skills . ⊲ Challenge students to group words with strong semantic ties or related in meaning or function.
Dr. Elfrieda (Freddy) Hiebert analyzed over 10,000 children’s texts to uncover the 2,500 morphological word families that make up 90% of the words students will encounter. Dr. Hiebert is a vocabulary acquisition expert and has had a long
career as a literacy educator. She is currently the President and CEO of TextProject and a research associate at the University of California, Santa Cruz.
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