Building Vocabulary I
Introduction to sounds, long and short vowel sounds, special sounds formed by various letter combinations, using the letter
“y” as a vowel, silent vowels, the schwa sound, various diphthongs, initial and final consonants, like and
unlike letters, blends and digraphs, basic sight words, word families, root words, and compound words.
 640L
Building Vocabulary II
Recognizing long and short vowel sounds in example words, review of long and short vowels, initial and final consonants,
like and unlike letters and words, blends and digraphs, sight words, syllabification skills, dictionary skills, and special
vocabularies.
780L
Building Vocabulary III
Recognizing long and short vowel sounds in example words, review of long and short vowels, initial and final consonants, like
and unlike letters and words, blends and digraphs, sight words, syllabification skills, dictionary skills, special vocabulary
words, base words, compound words, synonyms, and antonyms.
630L
Building Vocabulary IV
Dictionary and thesaurus skills and usage, review of sight words, parts of speech, words in context, analogies, Latin and Greek
roots, word recognition, words borrowed from names and places, core word vocabulary, words used in testing, grade-level review
of long and short vowels, silent consonants, sounds, and combinations.
790L
Building Vocabulary V
Covers parts of the dictionary, open and accented syllables, review of the eight parts of speech, synonyms, antonyms, homonyms,
homographs, prefixes, suffixes, Latin & Greek roots, core vocabulary words, short and long vowel sounds, words that have the
/ur/ sound, words ending in the letter “y”, consonants, digraphs, and the /or/ sound.
830L
Building Vocabulary VI
Covers how to use a thesaurus, multiple meanings of words, strategies for solving types of relationships, improving vocabulary
through synonyms and antonyms, using context, prefixes, suffixes, and roots, foreign terms, short vowel sounds, diphthongs,
initial consonants, and the /oo/ sound.
820L
Building Vocabulary VII
Covers the identification and use of closed, open, and accented syllables, using a pronunciation key, synonyms, antonyms, words
in context, words borrowed from names and places, foreign phrases, test taking strategies, identifying the /y/ sound in words,
vowel clusters, separate sounds for the consonants “c”, “g”, and “s”, and the sound of /ph/.
820L
Building Vocabulary VIII
Review of how to use a dictionary, the origin of words, review of the parts of speech, analogies, homonyms, homographs, strategies
for critical recognition of small words in larger words, foreign terms, review of sounds made by /au/ and /aw/, initial and final
consonants, and introduction of words that use silent letters.
830L
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