Contains reproducible worksheets and activities that provide teachers a structure for teaching and assessing students' language skills.

The purpose of Oral Language is to provide thirty-six weeks of daily lessons to review, introduce, and maintain punctuation, capitalization, and usage skills within a "whole language" format. Each week's lessons are centered around a topic. Students will apply these skills in daily lessons using sentences which give general knowledge while motivating them to learn more about the topic. It is the intent of this program that students have the opportunity to practice proof-reading skills under the direction of their teacher and ultimately utilize these skills within their own writing.

Oral language across the curriculum! Oral Language for Daily Use features 36 weeks' worth of daily lessons for students in grade 1 that introduce, review, and maintain skills in punctuation, capitalization, and usage. Each week's lessons center on a topic, and each topic includes facts or ideas from across the curriculum. This 80-page book includes enrichment activities that give students practice in research, writing, and critical thinking.

The purpose of Oral Language is to provide thirty-six weeks of daily lessons to review, introduce, and maintain punctuation, capitalization, and usage skills within a "whole language" format. Each week's lessons are centered around a topic. Students will apply these skills in daily lessons using sentences which give general knowledge while motivating them to learn more about the topic. It is the intent of this program that students have the opportunity to practice proof-reading skills under the direction of their teacher and ultimately utilize these skills within their own writing.

This book presents the most effective instructional strategies for promoting vocabulary growth in the early grades, when the interdependence of word learning and oral language development is especially strong. The authors guide teachers in choosing the best materials and in fostering home-school connections, and share six key principles for building vocabulary. Included are guiding questions; text boxes connecting vocabulary to the Common Core State Standards; examples from real teachers; reproducible checklists, rubrics, and other tools; and an appendix of additional vocabulary resources. Purchasers get access to a Web page where they can download and print the reproducible materials in a convenient 8 1/2" x 11" size.

Contains reproducible worksheets and activities that provide teachers a structure for teaching and assessing students' language skills.

Reviews and reinforces basic skills in spelling, capitalization, punctuation, grammar, and usage providing opportunities for students to practice oral language and proofreading skills.