A comprehensive resource for grammar, mechanics, usage, and vocabulary practice.

A comprehensive resource for grammar, mechanics, usage, and vocabulary practice.

This comprehensive teaching resource helps second grade students master the conventions of standard English and boosts their vocabulary acquisition. Easy-to-scaffold lessons are clearly organized by language skills and standards to help teachers target instruction. Language Fundamentals has 207 pages of skill-based activities, including 21 review pages with multiple choice, constructed response, and open-ended questions to assess students' understanding and application of the focus skill. Second grade skill practice covers: Nouns, Pronouns, Adjectives, Verbs, Adverbs, Prepositions, Sentences, Capitalization, Abbreviations, Punctuation, Usage, Vocabulary, and Spelling. Included are: Rules and examples for each language skill followed by targeted application activities and unit reviews. Vocabulary and word study strategies and practice for challenging skills such as shades of meaning and real-life connections between words and their use. Common Core Language Standards cited on activity pages for easy reference. Review activities that ask students to apply skills in context and demonstrate higher-level thinking. An easy-to-read answer key.

The perfect way to begin your students school day! Cross-curricular daily practice gets your second grade students focused and engagedand ready to learn. The daily lessons provide practice of language, math, and reading skills that support your core curriculum. The meaningful 10 to 15 minutes of daily practice helps sharpen students skills and helps you see where your students need to improve. With a detailed scope and sequence, you will always know the skills that your students are practicing. Daily Fundamentals lessons are ideal for morning work, bell ringers, homework, and informal assessment. The daily practice and review prepares students for success on assessments and state testing.

This comprehensive teaching resource helps second grade students master the conventions of standard English and boosts their vocabulary acquisition. Easy-to-scaffold lessons are clearly organized by language skills and standards to help teachers target instruction. Language Fundamentals has 207 pages of skill-based activities, including 21 review pages with multiple choice, constructed response, and open-ended questions to assess students' understanding and application of the focus skill. Second grade skill practice covers: Nouns, Pronouns, Adjectives, Verbs, Adverbs, Prepositions, Sentences, Capitalization, Abbreviations, Punctuation, Usage, Vocabulary, and Spelling. Included are: Rules and examples for each language skill followed by targeted application activities and unit reviews. Vocabulary and word study strategies and practice for challenging skills such as shades of meaning and real-life connections between words and their use. Common Core Language Standards cited on activity pages for easy reference. Review activities that ask students to apply skills in context and demonstrate higher-level thinking. An easy-to-read answer key.

For decades, the speech-language therapy profession has expressed the need for the development of language assessment materials in languages other than English for children and adults. A Guide to Global Language Assessment: A Lifespan Approach aims to meet this need by providing comprehensive information about how to assess the language of bi- and multilingual and culturally diverse clients across the world. Featuring the viewpoints of contributors from around the world, A Guide to Global Language Assessment also boasts a complete database of available global language assessments. What’s included in A Guide to Global Language Assessment: Case studies, assessment frameworks, and resources for conducting global language assessments for culturally and linguistically diverse populations An array of language assessment methods across a continuum such as ethnographic and dynamic assessments, narratives, and standardized language assessment Methods for developing local norms A Guide to Global Language Assessment: A Lifespan Approach is an essential tool for empowering current and future speech-language therapists, professors, and researchers to address global language assessment across the lifespan.

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