{"id":2508,"date":"2010-06-23T15:15:12","date_gmt":"2010-06-23T20:15:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/besthomeschoolbuys.com\/blog\/?p=2508"},"modified":"2010-06-23T15:54:35","modified_gmt":"2010-06-23T20:54:35","slug":"wordly-wise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/besthomeschoolbuys.com\/blog\/language-arts\/wordly-wise\/","title":{"rendered":"Wordly Wise for Homeschool Vocabulary"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/besthomeschoolbuys.com\/blog\/homeschool-curriculum\/searches\/wordly-wise\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-2507\" title=\"Wordly Wise Vocabulary for Homeschool\" src=\"http:\/\/besthomeschoolbuys.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/wordly-wise-300x165.png\" alt=\"Educators Publishing Service Wordly Wise\" width=\"300\" height=\"165\" srcset=\"https:\/\/besthomeschoolbuys.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/wordly-wise-300x165.png 300w, https:\/\/besthomeschoolbuys.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/wordly-wise.png 389w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>See what <a href=\"..\/homeschool-curriculum\/searches\/wordly-wise\/\" target=\"_blank\">new and used Wordly Wise<\/a> is available today&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Wordly Wise by <a href=\"http:\/\/intervention.schoolspecialty.com\/products\/details.cfm?series=2818M\">Educators Publishing Service<\/a> is a popular vocabulary workbook curriculum\u00a0 that\u00a0 provides systematic\u00a0 instruction which builds a connection between vocabulary and reading comprehension.\u00a0 Several of our 5 children used it in our homeschool during fifth through ninth grade.\u00a0 We liked it because it didn&#8217;t take a lot of time to do the lessons, yet they were interesting and memorable. My children spent about 20 minutes on Wordly Wise for 4 days a week.<\/p>\n<p><strong>When children are approaching high school<\/strong>,\u00a0 vocabulary instruction should focus on preparing them with strategies to unlock the word meaning that they will come across their textbooks, in literature, and in achievement and college entrance tests.<\/p>\n<p>They need to develop skills &amp; strategies that focus on vocabulary development and reading comprehension.<\/p>\n<p>Wordly Wise curriculum includes exercises that develop skills in:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> Critical thinking<\/li>\n<li> Using a dictionary and pronunciation key<\/li>\n<li> Word usage<\/li>\n<li> Test taking\/assessment<\/li>\n<li> Context clues<\/li>\n<li> Synonyms and antonyms<\/li>\n<li> Multiple-meaning words<\/li>\n<li> Using word parts to determine meaning:Prefixes,suffixes,Greek &amp; Latin roots<\/li>\n<li> Homophones<\/li>\n<li> Picture clues and captions<\/li>\n<li> Analogies<\/li>\n<li> Word origins<\/li>\n<li> Repeated exposure in many contexts<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>What about Wordly Wise for younger students?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The following video gives an overview of\u00a0 Wordly Wise 3000 vocabulary for the elementary child.<\/p>\n<p><object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"530\" height=\"320\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/oNONuS-gzxE&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;color1=0x5d1719&amp;color2=0xcd311b\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><embed type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"530\" height=\"320\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/oNONuS-gzxE&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;color1=0x5d1719&amp;color2=0xcd311b\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n<p>Check out our<a href=\"..\/homeschool-curriculum\/searches\/wordly-wise\/\" target=\"_blank\"> New and used Wordly Wise<\/a> at Best Homeschool Buys.<\/p>\n<p>Wordly Wise Benefits include for the younger grades include:<\/p>\n<p>* The flexible lesson plans introduces and develops vocabulary in 20\u201325 minute lessons, 3\u20134 days a week<br \/>\n* The High-utility &amp; content-area words have been chosen from The <a href=\"http:\/\/openlibrary.org\/books\/OL3786562M\/living_word_vocabulary\" target=\"_blank\">Living Word Vocabulary<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0787982571?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=besthomeschoolbuys-20\" target=\"_blank\">The Reading Teacher\u2019s Book of Lists<\/a><br \/>\n* Additional practice materials to reinforce vocabulary<br \/>\n* Assessments (Formal and Informal) can be administered individually (as well as in small groups)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>See what new and used Wordly Wise is available today&#8230; Wordly Wise by Educators Publishing Service is a popular vocabulary workbook curriculum\u00a0 that\u00a0 provides systematic\u00a0 instruction which builds a connection between vocabulary and reading comprehension.\u00a0 Several of our 5 children used it in our homeschool during fifth through ninth grade.\u00a0 We liked it because it [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[483],"tags":[486,484,485],"class_list":["post-2508","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-language-arts","tag-homeschool-vocabulary","tag-wordly-wise","tag-wordly-wise-3000"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/besthomeschoolbuys.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2508","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/besthomeschoolbuys.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/besthomeschoolbuys.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/besthomeschoolbuys.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/besthomeschoolbuys.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2508"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/besthomeschoolbuys.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2508\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2510,"href":"https:\/\/besthomeschoolbuys.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2508\/revisions\/2510"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/besthomeschoolbuys.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2508"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/besthomeschoolbuys.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2508"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/besthomeschoolbuys.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2508"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}