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Download a Free SampleHelp your student grow in language arts skills through great literature!
Using Language Well, Book 1, is designed to be a companion to Spelling Wisdom, Book 1, which contains wonderful excerpts from great literature, worthy poetry, beautiful Scripture, and powerful quotations. Now you can use those same great literary passages to teach English usage, punctuation, capitalization, grammar, and composition! Pair Using Language Well, Book 1, with Spelling Wisdom, Book 1, to- Give your student a rich literary approach to language arts in grades 3 and 4.
- Help your student discover for himself key points of English usage, punctuation, capitalization, grammar, and elements of good writing.
- Keep interest and attention high through short lessons just twice a week.
- Confidently guide and evaluate your student’s progress in composition with the helpful tips and practical tools in the Teacher Guide & Answer Key.
Book 1
Book 1 is designed to last for two years. When your student completes Using Language Well, Book 1 (with Spelling Wisdom, Book 1), he will be able to- identify each mark of punctuation in a sentence and explain why it is used there;
- alphabetize the months of the year;
- identify and define homonyms, synonyms, and antonyms;
- correctly spell irregular plural words;
- use a and an correctly;
- analyze contractions and compound words;
- detail prefixes, suffixes, and root words;
- identify types of sentences, syllables, and stanzas in a poem;
- and more! (See a complete list in the Placement Guide below.)
2 GradesUsing Language Well, Book 1, Student Guide
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Download a Free SampleHelp your student grow in language arts skills through great literature!
The Using Language Well, Book 1, Teacher Guide & Answer Key provides clear answers to every question in the Using Language Well, Book 1, Student Book, but it also gives you so much more! You will find helpful and thorough explanations sprinkled throughout the lessons to encourage you in the Charlotte Mason way of doing language arts, plus a step-by-step plan to help your student grow in composition through his narrations. All the practical tools you need to evaluate his writing are included. The Teacher Guide & Answer Key will help you- Quickly confirm what your student learned in the Student Book through guided discovery and great literature.
- Keep on track with helpful teaching tips and practical reminders based on Charlotte Mason’s methods.
- Encourage your student to improve naturally in composition skills step by step.
- Evaluate your student’s narrations with confidence using the included rubrics and detailed instructions.
- Be assured your student is growing in language arts skills with Charlotte’s simple yet effective methods!
- Provides all of the answers to the lessons.
- Gives helpful and practical teaching tips to keep you on track.
- Walks you through the transition from transcription to prepared dictation as your student moves from third grade into fourth grade.
- Reminds you to have your fourth-grade student write one narration each week from his history, geography, Bible, or science reading.
- Supplies a set of 5 rubrics and detailed instructions to help you evaluate written narrations and track your student’s progress in capturing his thoughts on paper.
- Presents a complete list of English usage, capitalization, and punctuation points that are covered in Book 1.
2 GradesUsing Language Well, Book 1, Teacher Guide
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Download a Free SampleHelp your student grow in language arts skills through great literature!
Using Language Well, Book 2, is designed to be a companion to Spelling Wisdom, Book 2, which contains wonderful excerpts from great literature, worthy poetry, beautiful Scripture, and powerful quotations. Now you can use those same great literary passages to teach English usage, punctuation, capitalization, grammar, and composition! Pair Using Language Well, Book 2, with Spelling Wisdom, Book 2, to- Give your student a rich literary approach to language arts in grades 5 and 6.
- Help your student discover for himself the parts of speech, plus more key points of English usage, punctuation, capitalization, grammar, and elements of good writing.
- Keep interest and attention high through short lessons just twice a week.
- Confidently guide and evaluate your student’s progress in composition with the helpful tips and practical tools in the Teacher Guide & Answer Key.
Book 2
Book 2 is designed to last for two years. When your student completes Using Language Well, Book 2 (with Spelling Wisdom, Book 2), he will be able to- define all of the parts of speech;
- parse a sentence, marking each word with its correct part of speech;
- identify verb tenses, personal pronouns, and antecedents;
- find simple subjects and predicates;
- use a dictionary effectively;
- continue to practice concepts from Book 1 on capitalization, punctuation, synonyms, homonyms, antonyms, alphabetizing; etc.
- and more! (See a complete list in the Placement Guide.)
2 GradesUsing Language Well, Book 2, Student Guide
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Download a Free SampleHelp your student grow in language arts skills through great literature!
The Using Language Well, Book 2, Teacher Guide & Answer Key provides clear answers to every question in the Using Language Well, Book 2, Student Book, but it also gives you so much more! You will find helpful and thorough explanations sprinkled throughout the lessons to encourage you in the Charlotte Mason way of doing language arts, plus a step-by-step plan to help your student grow in composition through his narrations. All the practical tools you need to evaluate his writing are included. The Teacher Guide & Answer Key will help you- Quickly confirm what your student learned in the Student Book through guided discovery and great literature.
- Keep on track with helpful teaching tips and practical reminders based on Charlotte Mason’s methods.
- Encourage your student to improve naturally in composition skills step by step.
- Evaluate your student’s narrations with confidence using the included rubrics and detailed instructions.
- Be assured your student is growing in language arts skills with Charlotte’s simple yet effective methods!
- Provides all of the answers to the lessons.
- Gives helpful and practical teaching tips to keep you on track.
- Includes a Teacher Refresher Course in case it’s been a while since you reviewed the parts of speech.
- Details how to use prepared dictation for spelling lessons.
- Reminds you to have your student write one or two narrations each week from his history, geography, Bible, or science reading.
- Supplies a set of 5 rubrics and detailed instructions to help you evaluate written narrations and track your student’s progress in composition.
- Presents a complete list of English grammar points that are covered in Book 2, as well as the English grammar, usage, capitalization, and punctuation points that are reviewed from Book 1.
2 GradesUsing Language Well, Book 2, Teacher Guide
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Download a Free SampleHelp your student grow in language arts skills through great literature!
Using Language Well, Book 3, is designed to be a companion to Spelling Wisdom, Book 3, which contains wonderful excerpts from great literature, worthy poetry, beautiful Scripture, and powerful quotations. Now you can use those same great literary passages to teach English grammar and sentence analysis, plus review English usage, punctuation, and capitalization! Pair Using Language Well, Book 3, with Spelling Wisdom, Book 3, to- Give your student a rich literary approach to language arts in grades 7 and 8.
- Teach your student how to analyze sentences with a simplified marking system, less complicated than diagramming.
- Guide your student to discover for himself key points of English usage, punctuation, capitalization, grammar, and elements of good writing.
- Keep interest and attention high through short lessons just twice a week.
- Confidently guide and evaluate your student’s progress in composition with the helpful tips and practical tools in the Teacher Guide & Answer Key.
Book 3
Book 3 is designed to last for two years. When your student completes Using Language Well, Book 3 (with Spelling Wisdom, Book 3), he will be able to- parse a sentence, marking each word with its correct part of speech;
- analyze a sentence, marking subjects, predicates, direct objects, indirect objects, subject complements, and clauses;
- use commas correctly in a sentence as they relate to phrases and clauses;
- explain how prefixes and suffixes can change a word’s part of speech and meaning;
- identify and define metaphors, similes, and personifications;
- use a dictionary and a thesaurus;
- do more complex alphabetizing with book titles and people’s names
- analyze a poem’s end rhymes and eye rhymes, meter and rhyme schemes, plus identify a sonnet and iambic foot;
- and more! (See a complete list in the Placement Guide.)
2 GradesUsing Language Well, Book 3, Student Guide
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Download a Free SampleHelp your student grow in language arts skills through great literature!
The Using Language Well Teacher Guide & Answer Key provides clear answers to every question in the Using Language Well Student Book, but it also gives you so much more! You will find helpful and thorough explanations sprinkled throughout the lessons to encourage you in the Charlotte Mason way of doing language arts, plus a step-by-step plan to help your student grow in composition through his narrations. All the practical tools you need to evaluate his writing are included. The Teacher Guide & Answer Key will help you- Quickly confirm what your student learned in the Student Book through guided discovery and great literature.
- Keep on track with helpful teaching tips and practical reminders based on Charlotte Mason’s methods.
- Encourage your student to improve naturally in composition skills step by step.
- Evaluate your student’s narrations with confidence using the included rubrics and detailed instructions.
- Be assured your student is growing in language arts skills with Charlotte’s simple yet effective methods!
- Provides all of the answers to the lessons, including the simplified marking for each sentence being analyzed.
- Gives helpful and practical teaching tips to keep you on track.
- Details how to use prepared dictation for spelling lessons.
- Reminds you to have your student write two or three narrations each week from his history, geography, Bible, or science reading.
- Supplies a set of 11 rubrics and detailed instructions to help you evaluate written narrations and track your student’s progress in composition.
- Presents a complete list of English grammar points that are covered in Book 3, as well as the English grammar, usage, capitalization, and punctuation points that are reviewed from previous books.
2 GradesUsing Language Well, Book 3, Teacher Guide
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Utopia is a friendly, dialogue-driven exploration of an ideal society, perfect for engaging young minds in discussions about justice, equality, and what makes a community thrive.Utopia
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Vade Mecum is Latin for “Go with me,” and has been used with manuals, guidebooks, and journals for hundreds of years. We hope this lovely journal will go with you on your journey of classical education.Vade Mecum Journal
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Elizabeth Ripley tells a warm, understanding story of the great artist Vincent van Gogh. His arduous life, his struggles against poverty, his determination to continue painting despite lack of recognition, are discussed with dignity and empathy. Much of the story is told by van Gogh himself, as his personality authentically emerges through letters written to family and friends.Van Gogh
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Young Camille befriends a strange visitor to his small town, and one day he brings this man a gift of bright, beautiful sunflowers. The man is the artist Vincent van Gogh, and the sunflowers quickly become the subject of a magnificent painting. This is a title in Barron’s Anholt’s Artists Books for Children series, in which author and illustrator Laurence Anholt recalls memorable and sometimes amusing moments when the lives of the artists were touched by children. Anholt’s fine illustrations appear on every page and include reproductions of works by the artistsVan Gogh and the Sunflowers
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Beyond a mere introduction to great art, Van Gogh Has a Broken Heart is about loving to learn what art has to teach us about the wonder and struggle of being alive.Van Gogh Has a Broken Heart: What Art Teaches Us About the Wonder and Struggle of Being Alive
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William Makepeace Thackeray's classic tale of class, society, and corruption.Vanity Fair (Clothbound)
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Veni Emmanuel is a collection of hauntingly beautiful ancient and traditional carols written centuries ago for the celebration of Christmas. All in Latin and laced with theology and beautiful poetry, these songs will help students and teachers rediscover the rich heritage of sacred Christmas music.Veni Emmanuel: Ancient & Traditional Latin Christmas Carols (Audio Streaming)
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Deep in the jungle where all the pythons are green, Verdi is born a little bit different. This gorgeously illustrated picture book from the creator of Stellaluna sends a timely message to young readers about the importance of loving the skin you're in.Verdi
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The Vergil’s Aeneid: Selected Readings from Books 1, 2, 4, and 6 - Teacher’s Guide helps the busy teacher prepare for class, lead discussion, guide analysis, and make up quizzes and exams based on Vergil’s Aeneid: Selected Readings from Books 1, 2, 4, and 6.Vergil’s Aeneid: Selected Readings from Books 1, 2, 4, and 6 – Teacher’s Guide
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Vergil’s Aeneid: Selected Readings from Books 1, 2, 4, and 6 is designed for college and high school Advanced Placement courses. It includes all the required Latin selections from Vergil’s Aeneid for the 2012–2013 AP* Latin Curriculum.Vergil’s Aeneid: Selected Readings from Books 1, 2, 4, and 6 – Text
$60.95