Wordly Wise 3000 Book 9

Student Books 1–9 - This popular series teaches 3,000 carefully selected words.  Each 15–word lesson begins with an alphabetized word list providing pronunciations, parts of speech, and concise definitions.  Each word is used in a strongly contextual example, with a mnemonic anchor.  Exercises encourage students to apply word meanings, think critically, and discover word relationships.  Narrative passages in each lesson allow students to experience words in context.  Word histories and common verbal hidden hazards are provided.  Crossword and hidden-word puzzles review words learned in previous lessons while making learning fun!  (Grades 4–12)

Skills Addressed: 

• Vocabulary development
• Reading comprehension
• Critical thinking
• Dictionary skills
• Word Usage
• Test taking/assessment 
• Context clues
• Word Origins
• Synonyms and antonyms
• Prefixes 
• Suffixes 
• Roots 
• Homophones
• Picture clues
• Analogies