Description & Features
This fun, colorful 352-page book can be used as a textbook or a comprehensive workbook with your textbook to teach reading, writing, grammar, and punctuation skills and concepts that students are expected to know in first grade. They also develop critical thinking, vocabulary, and several other skills and concepts normally taught in second grade.
The engaging lessons include easy-to-follow explanations, examples, and charts for visual learners—and there is no lesson preparation! Each lesson is followed by a variety of fun, colorful, mind-building activities that use different genres.
Level B (Grade 1) Content
• Capitalization | • Singular/Plural |
• Critical Thinking | • Syllables |
• Cause and Effect | • Letters |
• Compare/Contrast | • Vowels |
• Deductive Reasoning | • Word Families |
• Facts and inferences | • Word Patterns |
• Prediction | • Usage |
• Antonyms | • Am, Is, and Are |
• Articles | • Categorizing |
• Contractions | • Comparing |
• Nouns | • Double Negatives |
• Pronouns | • Homographs |
• Sentences | • Homophones |
• Subject and Predicate | • I, Me, and Myself |
• Subject-Verb Agreement | • Ordering |
• Synonyms | • Sequencing |
• Verbs | • Was and Were |
• Grammar | • Writing |
• Punctuation | • Characters |
• Apostrophes | • Comparing |
• Commas | • Context Clues |
• Exclamation Marks | • Fiction and Nonfiction |
• Periods | • Following Directions |
• Question Marks | • Idioms |
• Spelling | • Number Word Expressions |
• Alphabet | • Poems |
• Compound Words | • Rhymes |
• Consonants | • Riddles |
• High Frequency Words | • Setting |
• Silent E | • Topic and Main Idea |
Product Details
Item#: | 01001BBP |
Author(s): | Judy Wilson Goddard |
TOC: | View Table Of Contents |
Type: | Student Book with Answers |
Media: | Paperback Book |
License: | Reproducible |
ISBN–10: | 0-89455-889-7 |
ISBN–13: | 978-0-89455-889-4 |
Pages: | 352 |
Awards
iParenting Media Best Products Jenkins Group Bronze Medalist, Moonbeam Children's Book Awards Learning® Magazine Recommended Resource for Successful Teaching Mom's Best Award Winner Parent Tested, Parent Approved (PTPA) Seal of Approval
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- "We purchased Language Smarts™ Level B for our homeschooled first grade child. Truth be told, I was scared to teach grammar as it has been years since learned it myself. Upon opening the book, I felt at ease instantly. The explanations were short and precise and the examples were helpful. My daughter loved the book so much that she wanted to do her homework! It helped that the book was colorful with nice illustrations as well. Plus the pages are durable and thick—a nice quality." - Kat, OR
- "I love this book. It makes learning to read make sense. We apply these skills in all areas of school!" - Niki A, CO
- "At the same time it is teaching language skills, it teaches the student how to think and analyze." - Tim, Oklahoma
- "It was easy to use and instructions were very easy for students to follow independently. All of the skills covered in our standardized tests were covered in this book." - Reviewer, Learning® Magazine
- "Last year my daughter did both of your Language Smarts books as her grammar study. They are superb! Thank you for enriching our homeschooling so much." - Charlotte, California
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- "My daughter was getting very bored with the language arts curriculum that I had chosen for her. She was so excited when the Language Smarts Level B arrived in the mail. Not only does she usually do it before I have the breakfast table cleared, her reading has improved so much that she is reading books to her younger brothers." - Rachel, Texas
- "Language Smarts™ can be used as a core curriculum but it is also a great supplemental resource; it allows us to stray from the daily grind of our usual reading program. It provides practice of the same concepts but in a different format. Also, this volume is easily opened flat on a table -- the spine can be manipulated." - Jessica, Homeschooling mom
- "I used Language Smarts™ when Id changed over and over what we were using for LA because that stuff wasnt working. I think its great for kids who dont need a load of instruction and maybe just need some practice." - Shelse
Test preparation available for the following:
Language Smarts™ guarantees top performance on assessment tests, including:
Criterion Reference Test (CRT)
Iowa Tests of Basic Skills® (ITBS®)
Otis-Lennon Scholastic Abilities Test® (OLSAT®)
California Achievement Test (CAT)
and many more!