Excel Advanced Skills Spelling & Vocabulary Workbook Year 1 by Pascal Press

Ages 6-7
Publisher: Pascal Press
ISBN: 9781741254648
Publication/Reprint Year: 2015 reprint
Format: Paperback
Dimensions: 275 mm (h) x 201 mm (w)
Author(s): Donna Gibbs

Product Description (extracted from the publisher Pascal Press)

This book is part of the Excel Advanced Skills series, which provides students with more challenging extension work in vocabulary. The Excel series of Spelling and Vocabulary Workbooks for Years 1-6 will help primary school students improve their spelling and vocabulary in English and in other subjects. Each unit has a different theme and focuses on a set of work dealing with words: what they mean and how to spell them. All activities are designed to encourage students to think about and enjoy language, and to give them meaningful practice in using it.

In this book you will find:
- Fifteen self-contained units of work, each with a different theme
- Topic spelling lists with up to 18 words
- Spelling lists focusing on common patterns
- 'Tricky words' and tips to remember them
- Practical spelling strategies
- Activities to practise and improve spelling
- Strategies to expand students' knowledge about words and their meanings, and a variety of practice activities
- Activities which encourage students to use context when reading to develop their word power
- Engaging and relevant writing tasks
- Three comprehensive spelling review units
- Answers to all questions.

CHAPTERS:
Map of the book
To the student
LOOK-SAY-COVER-WRITE-SAY-CHECK method
1. Looking at animals
2. At the beach
3. Sporting fun
4. At home
5. What's on the menu?
Review 1: Tests 1-6
6. Myself
7. Families
8. What are you wearing?
9. How many are there?
10. Moving around
Review 2: Tests 1-6
11. What season is it?
12. Where is it?
13, How does my garden grow?
14. Making sounds
15. Flying things
Review 3: Tests 1-6
Word list
Answers

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