Ages: 6-8
Grades: 1-3

Children use associations to improve word recall, categorization, and memory. In-depth practice with simple directions helps children understand the many ways words are related. Written in the successful format of the Spotlight series, this book has:

• clear, concise directions designed for students with limited language proficiency
• vocabulary taken from graded vocabulary lists familiar to most students
• a pretest/posttest
• minimal demands for spelling and writing
• appealing, one-page lessons with a variety of instruction formats

Children learn:

• that words are associated in many different ways
• to recognize which words from a group are associated
• to explain how words are associated
• to exclude words that are not associated with others in a group
• to make and explain word associations by color, shape, function, actions, category, synonyms, antonyms, topic, and rhyme

40 pages • 8.5 x 11, softcover • ©2005