LLATL Yellow Student Activity Book : Chariot Press, Education, Family, Christian, Homeschool, Books

$36.00

With literature as a basis, this innovative program uses an integrated approach as it takes your students through all the activities needed to learn reading, grammar, vocabulary, spelling, writing, research, study skills, penmanship and higher-order thinking skills.

Everything you need in one book: student instruction, a place for writing, and a tool for easy record-keeping. Allows for more independent student work and less work for the teacher.

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Student Activity Book features:
1. 36 weekly lessons.
2. Everyday Words: taken from literature to teach grammar, spelling,
       and writing through dictation and activities.
3. Literature Links: building the skills and vocabulary needed for effective reading.
4. Cursive Handwriting: activities presented in a systematic manner to ensure skill retention.
5.  Focus on Spelling: tips that increase spelling skills in weekly and everyday words.
  6. Review Activities follow most lessons providing additional skill practice.
  7. Teacher Notes and answers are in the margin of the Yellow Teacher Book.

Additional creative exercises that expand knowledge and skills:
1. Word Puzzles: reinforce vocabulary training with crossword and other puzzles.
2. Analogy Study: step by step instruction on important concept relationships.
3. Logic and Reasoning: activities and excercises requiring abstract reasoning.
  Answers for these Enrichment Activities are located in the Yellow Teacher Book.

Sequential order of Reading Books used for Book Studies in this program:
1. White Stallion, by Elizabeth Shub
2. Madeline, by Ludwig Bemelmans
3. Meet George Washington, by Joan Heilbroner
4. Courage of Sarah Noble, by Alice Dalgliesh

or for this level you may use other stories which are included in this Student Activity Book.

The publisher states that the Student Activity Book should not be used without the Teacher Book.

Catalog/Product Line:	Common Sense Press
Subject/Theme:	Christian; Composition; Critical Thinking; Grammar; Language Arts; Penmanship; Reading; Spelling; Vocabulary
Author(s):	Debbie Strayer; Susan Simpson
Reading Age/Level:	08yo
Gender:	Female; Male

Historical Timeline:
Geographical Setting:	America; Worldwide
Date written:	1998
Series:	LLATL

ISBN-10:	1880892189
ISBN-13:	9781880892183
Current Print Date:	2006
Product Type:	Book
Format:	Paperback
Item/Page Count; Ship Size; Wt:	384 pgs; H:28 cms x W:21.5 cms x D:2.5 cms; 1.1 kgs

Scope & Sequence:

The Yellow Book - 3rd Grade

Phonics
root words - sounds of: igh, ed, er, ar, or, le, el, al, ng, tion, kn - suffixes - syllables

Spelling
copy words - how to study words - review activity - spelling tips: al, ai, ar, ay, ea, ear, ee, el, er, ew, ie, igh, ir, kn, le, oi, oo, or, ou, ough, ow, ue, ur, wh, wr - weekly word lists

Reading
base or root words - biography - cause and effect - characters - chart reading - choral reading - compare and contrast - compound words - comprehension - discussion of content - fact and opinion - fiction - figurative language - lines of play - main idea - non-fiction - optional literature links on: The White Stallion, Madeline, Meet George Washington, The Courage of Sarah Noble - plays - poetry - predicting outcome - recalling detail - rhyme - similes - suffixes - syllables - vocabulary

Grammar
antonyms - adjectives - adverbs - antonym - apostrophes - articles - capitalization - colon - commas - comparative adjectives - complete sentences - compound subjects - conjunctions - contractions - declarative sentences - determiners - homonyms - irregular words - nouns - parentheses - past tense - periods - plural nouns - plural possessive nouns - possessive nouns - predicate - present tense - pronouns - proper nouns - quotation marks - quotations - singular nouns - singular possessive nouns - subjects - suffix: ed, er, ful, ing - synonyms - verbs

Composition
copying literature - descriptive writing - editing - envelope - friendly letter - indentations - journaling - list making - main idea - paragraph - phrases - report - sentences - similes - title - verse - writing from dictation

Research and Study Skills
alphabetical order - charts and graphs - dictionary - encyclopedia - library - map skills - newspaper - telephone book - research skills - thesaurus - time line

Higher Order Thinking Skills
alphabetical order - cause and effect - compare and contrast - directions (N,S,E,W) - drawing conclusions - following directions - graphs and charts - listening skills - matching - memorization - reporting - retelling a story - same and different - sequencing

Creative Expression / Games
choral reading - codes - collage - drama - illustrating - match-ups - oral presentation - pantomime - plays - poetry - puzzles - riddles

Penmanship
beginning cursive—lower case letters - beginning cursive—upper case letters - connecting cursive letters

Publisher: Common Sense Press