A fun spelling mystery for second grade sleuths Kids love learning through amusing games and activities--and what's more fun than learning to spell by solving a mystery? As they weave their way through Word Detective, they'll learn to spell 200 words through 130 engaging puzzles. When they complete the spelling (grade 2) book, they'll be able to solve "The Case of the Hidden Gold." Each chapter in this spelling (grade 2) book will take them through different themes like friends, family, and animals. Creative puzzles will help them practice the words, and they'll use some of them in their own sentences. This spelling (grade 2) book includes: This is going to be F-U-N!--They'll encounter plenty of spelling (grade 2) exercises including Letter Slide, Merry-Go-Round, and Crack the Code. Whodunit--The answers to the puzzles reveal secret letters that, when put together, solve the case. Words they'll use--They'll learn words for colors, emotions, and other topics from 10 chapters that will help them describe the world around them. Word Detective is everything a spelling (grade 2) book should be and more! Learning new words has never been this much fun.

A fun new way to learn--can you figure out this third-grade spelling mystery? Here's an easy mystery to solve: How do you make learning to spell fun? By becoming a Word Detective, of course! Teach your third-grader important spelling words as they help Franklin the dog detective solve "The Case of the Missing Mascot." Students will be excited to complete 130 grade-appropriate spelling games and puzzles that provide them with the tools they need to crack the case. Each chapter focuses on a different topic--from animals to synonyms--and there's a final chapter to review everything they've learned! Word Detective, Grade 3 includes: Spelling for super sleuths--Kids will be able to solve the mystery by finishing the spelling puzzles and uncovering all the clues inside. Fun-to-solve puzzles--Keep students engaged the whole way through with everything from crosswords to word jumbles to fill-in-the-blanks. A huge variety of vocabulary--The book includes 200 spelling words--all organized by topic--that cover sports, science, cities, space, and so much more. Put the mystery of the most fun way to teach spelling to rest--the answer is right here!

Helps children understand the meaning of nouns, verbs, adverbs, adjectives, prepositions, and pronouns by using these parts of speech in stories.

Word Detectives makes Latin roots accessible to elementary students through stories, movements, and pictures. Many programs start with prefixes and suffixes. In contrast, Word Detectives begins with the "meatiest" part of the word. Prefixes and suffixes modify words, but the roots are the essence. These roots can form a foundation for vocabulary and spelling. Each root is introduced using a simple story. This story is then associated with a body movement that reminds students of the meaning of the root. Finally, the root is associated with a picture that reminds the student of the story, the movement, and the meaning. There are 4 roots per lesson. The lessons are designed to be short and simple. Intensive worksheets combined with a scripted instructor's guide teach students to identify familiar roots when they encounter them in words. First students study a list of words with a common root using fine discrimination to differentiate between similar words, and then students learn to infer the meaning of unfamiliar words using gross discrimination based on the clues provided by the roots, prefixes, and suffixes. This book is meant to be a tool. If introduced early (between third and fifth grade), Latin roots can be highlighted in spelling, reading, and vocabulary, but it is never too late. The story-movement-image combination impacts multiple learning styles and makes high level skills attainable for younger students. Let's become "word detectives." Let's start looking for clues!

"The start of first grade is a time for dusting off the skills and habits that children learned during kindergarten. In the first unit, Building Good Reading Habits, you'll reinforce children's learning from kindergarten, and you'll establish ability-based partnerships that tap into the social power of peers working together to help each other become more strategic as readers. The second unit, Learning About the World: Reading Nonfiction, taps into children's natural curiosity as they explore nonfiction, while you teach comprehension strategies, word solving, vocabulary, fluency, and author's craft. The third unit, Readers Have Big Jobs to Do: Fluency, Phonics, and Comprehension, focuses on the reading process to set children up to read increasingly complex texts. The last unit of first grade, Meeting Characters and Learning Lessons: A Study of Story Elements, spotlights story elements and the skills that are foundational to literal and inferential comprehension, including empathy, imagination, envisioning, prediction, character study, and interpretation"--provided by publisher.