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| Curriculum: English - Building Vocabulary |
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Building Vocabulary I
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(Grade 1) |
| Introduction to sounds, long and short vowel sounds, special sounds formed by various letter combinations, using the letter “y” as a vowel, silent vowels, the schwa sound, various diphthongs, initial and final consonants, like and unlike letters, blends and digraphs, basic sight words, word families, root words, and compound words. |
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Building Vocabulary II
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(Grade 2) |
| Recognizing long and short vowel sounds in example words, review of long and short vowels, initial and final consonants, like and unlike letters and words, blends and digraphs, sight words, syllabification skills, dictionary skills, and special vocabularies. |
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Building Vocabulary III
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(Grade 3) |
| Recognizing long and short vowel sounds in example words, review of long and short vowels, initial and final consonants, like and unlike letters and words, blends and digraphs, sight words, syllabification skills, dictionary skills, special vocabulary words, base words, compound words, synonyms, and antonyms. |
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Building Vocabulary IV
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(Grade 4) |
| Dictionary and thesaurus skills and usage, review of sight words, parts of speech, words in context, analogies, Latin and Greek roots, word recognition, words borrowed from names and places, core word vocabulary, words used in testing, grade-level review of long and short vowels, silent consonants, sounds, and combinations. |
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Building Vocabulary V
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(Grade 5) |
| Covers parts of the dictionary, open and accented syllables, review of the eight parts of speech, synonyms, antonyms, homonyms, homographs, prefixes, suffixes, Latin & Greek roots, core vocabulary words, short and long vowel sounds, words that have the /ur/ sound, words ending in the letter “y”, consonants, digraphs, and the /or/ sound. |
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Building Vocabulary VI
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(Grade 6) |
| Covers how to use a thesaurus, multiple meanings of words, strategies for solving types of relationships, improving vocabulary through synonyms and antonyms, using context, prefixes, suffixes, and roots, foreign terms, short vowel sounds, diphthongs, initial consonants, and the /oo/ sound. |
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Building Vocabulary VII
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(Grade 7) |
| Covers the identification and use of closed, open, and accented syllables, using a pronunciation key, synonyms, antonyms, words in context, words borrowed from names and places, foreign phrases, test taking strategies, identifying the /y/ sound in words, vowel clusters, separate sounds for the consonants “c”, “g”, and “s”, and the sound of /ph/. |
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Building Vocabulary VIII |
(Grade 8) |
| Covers the identification and use of closed, open, and accented syllables, using a pronunciation key, synonyms, antonyms, words in context, words borrowed from names and places, foreign phrases, test taking strategies, identifying the /y/ sound in words, vowel clusters, separate sounds for the consonants “c”, “g”, and “s”, and the sound of /ph/. |
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