Practice Makes Perfect Exploring Vocabulary

by Gary Robert Muschla

Overview

Helpful instruction and plenty of practice for your child to understand the basics of vocabulary

Understanding vocabulary is essential for your child to read and write with confidence. Practice Makes Perfect: Exploring Vocabulary gives your child bite-sized explanations of the subject, with engaging exercises that keep her or him motivated and excited to learn. They can practice the vocabulary they find challenging, polish skills they’ve mastered, and stretch themselves to explore skills they have not yet attempted. This book features 450 words that increase in difficulty as your child proceeds through it.

This book is appropriate for a 4th grade student working above his or her grade level, or as a great review and practice for a struggling 5th or 6th grader.

Your student will learn how to:

• Apply vocabulary rules
• Understand meaning and usage
• Differentiate between synonyms, antonyms, homophones, and more
• Conquer easily confused words

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780071777568
Publisher:	McGraw Hill LLC
Publication date:	04/06/2012
Series:	Practice Makes Perfect Series
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	176
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

Gary Robert Muschla (often with his wife Judy Muschla) has authored dozens of successful teacher resource guides for McGraw-Hill, Scholastic Professional and Jossey-Bass (Wiley). His BA and MAT are from Trenton State College, and he taught 4th, 5th and 6th grade for more than 25 years. He specialized in reading and language arts and also taught some math. He has conducted workshops for teachers on how to implement a writing workshop in their classroom. He lives in Jackson, NJ. For more info, see www.garyrobertmuschla.com.