Help your student grow in language arts skills through great literature!
Using Language Well, Book 1, is designed to be a companion to Spelling Wisdom, Book 1, which contains wonderful excerpts from great literature, worthy poetry, beautiful Scripture, and powerful quotations. Now you can use those same great literary passages to teach English usage, punctuation, capitalization, grammar, and composition!
Pair Using Language Well, Book 1, with Spelling Wisdom, Book 1, to
- Give your student a rich literary approach to language arts in grades 3 and 4.
- Help your student discover for himself key points of English usage, punctuation, capitalization, grammar, and elements of good writing.
- Keep interest and attention high through short lessons just twice a week.
- Confidently guide and evaluate your student’s progress in composition with the helpful tips and practical tools in the Teacher Guide & Answer Key.
Book 1
Book 1 is designed to last for two years. When your student completes Using Language Well, Book 1 (with Spelling Wisdom, Book 1), he will be able to
- identify each mark of punctuation in a sentence and explain why it is used there;
- alphabetize the months of the year;
- identify and define homonyms, synonyms, and antonyms;
- correctly spell irregular plural words;
- use a and an correctly;
- analyze contractions and compound words;
- detail prefixes, suffixes, and root words;
- identify types of sentences, syllables, and stanzas in a poem;
- and more! (See a complete list in the Placement Guide below.)
He will also have written from transcription (for grade 3) or dictation (for grade 4) hundreds of sentences from good literature.
You can adjust the length of the transcription or dictation passages from Spelling Wisdom to best fit your student. For third graders (completing Exercises 1–70), we recommend that you assign the whole passage to be transcribed and occasionally ask the student to spell two or three words from the passage from memory. For students in fourth grade (completing Exercises 71–140), we recommend that you assign up to the whole passage to be studied, then dictate one or two sentences.
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