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01 Apr 2011 12:44 PM
Monarch Media Center
Title Author
Call Number
Resource Type: Books
**100% Language: Primary : Activities for
Language Comprehension
Ages 5-9.
Components
184 pages, reproducible activities, progress charts, answer key, CD-ROM (containing a Portable Document File
or PDF)
Increases students’ participation in the classroom, improve their ability to ask relevant questions,
and expand their language use to new situations with 100% Language: Primary.
Benefits
Specialized lessons build language skills in six areas organized by developmental order:
----Reasoning – this foundation skill is necessary in order to develop higher-level language skills.
----Sequencing – develop the ability to organize objects and ideas logically to impact success in following
classroom directions,
reading and language comprehension, and self-expression
---Cause & Effect –students will understand the consequences of their actions on themselves and others. To
make life-long changes
in how they make decisions and take action
---Problem Solving – students develop the ability to identify, understand, solve, and avoid problems at school,
home and in social situations
---Opinions – students learn the art of expressing opinions as they develop the language skills to responsibly
express their preferences and ideas
---Inferencing –students master the language and thinking skills to use prior knowledge and apply it to new
information they see, hear,
or read in order to make a reasonable deduction
Activities are appropriate for one-on-one or classroom use
Features
Unit overviews include:
an explanation of each language skill
suggestions for introducing each skill
ways to use the activity pages
expansion activities designed for skill generalization
Halfman, Patti / Warner, Margaret /
500.653
Reproducible unit progress charts so you can track success with each activity and record comments regarding
performance
24 reproducible activity pages per unit arranged in hierarchical order:
---Pages 1-20 progress in difficulty throughout each unit and include:
pictures designed to give students clues to trigger the thinking process versus providing a clear-cut answer
language skill practice without the visual clues
---Pages 21-24 are picture scenes providing a theme-based approach for each skill.
Questions on these pages incorporate the levels of language comprehension learned previously in the unit.
Reproducible unit family letters that explain the skill and provide suggestions for helping students at home
CD-ROM containing a Portable Document File (PDF) so you can print the reproducible pages you need from the
comfort of your home or office computer
Answer key
Attack and remediate thinking skills with 100% Language: Primary. Your students’ new skills will show up in the
classroom, at home, and in their social environments. They will increase their class participation, ask and answer
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