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The Essential Algebra for Advanced High School and SAT is a 241-page math book in the Mathematical Reasoning series and is an ‘essential’ resource for building the foundation of ongoing excellence in mathematics. This book offers an in-depth approach to teaching math skills focusing on important algebraic concepts that are vital to a student’s success in advanced high school mathematics. This book is broken down into ten algebraic concepts:

• Understanding Terms and Order of Operations
• Understanding the Family of Real Numbers
• Rationals and Irrationals
• Working with Terms and Polynomials
• Polynomial Division, Factoring, and Rational Expressions
• Solving Equations and Inequalities
• Ratio, Proportion, and Percent
• How Algebra is Used in Geometry
• Understanding Functions
• Working With Quadratic Equations and Functions

Algebra is essentially the language of all advanced mathematics courses. It is generalized arithmetic, so the rules that apply when we are working with number and fraction operations—including the knowledge of factors and multiples—also apply when we are working with algebra.

Without this knowledge and these skills, students often struggle or even fail in advanced mathematics courses. Imagine a good high school student who sees a problem like 3•x•y•4 and hesitates to write 12xy because he or she is unsure of the rules that govern multiplication. Or they don't understand how to add 2x to 1/4y to combine it into one entire fraction. Or why –62 is different than (–6)2. It is easy to see that not having a strong understanding of the foundational rules of algebra can stop even the smartest students from succeeding in advanced high school math courses.

The lessons within this book teach fundamental arithmetic principles that govern algebra so that students can apply them, as needed, in advanced mathematical courses and in life. The book begins with the definition of a "term" and the facts of when you can cancel and when you cannot. It discusses the importance of factors and multiples and integer rules. It teaches addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division of fractions – not by doing the problems up and down like they are mostly done in elementary school, but by doing them sideways just like they are done later in algebra and in higher-level math. This helps make everything so much easier down the road!

The explanations are clear and followed with basic step-by-step procedures to show students how to master and apply those fraction concepts, negative number operations, exponent rules, work with square roots, and doing real life percent problems with charts and tables, just like those on the SATs. Concepts are purposefully repeated in different settings, so students will keep re-applying what they learn throughout the book. The language is friendly to put students at ease and increase their confidence while learning concepts that are often confusing.

This book reviews the necessary reading strategies needed to translate word problems, but it is not the primary focus of the book. The book Understanding Algegra I  (also part of the Mathematical Reasoning series) devotes large sections to many types of word problems and many useful strategies if deeper study of this topic is desired.

In the last two chapters of the book, students are asked to apply the algebra they have just learned to an overview of problems in geometry. Also included is review of some important techniques that students frequently struggle with involving both linear and quadratic equations.

This book also includes an appendix of topics used as a review, but also includes new information that can be considered enrichment for students who may want to learn more. Teaching support and answers are also included.

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Eight ready-to-go activity packets sharpen students" word-study skills and boost their vocabularies. In each packet, students learn five common Greek and Latin roots and 15 new words formed from these roots.

Crossword puzzles, word searches, and other fun activities provide repeated practice to make new vocabulary stick. Also includes mini-picture cards! Perfect for independent work or for homework.

64 pages

Grades 4-8

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“Know thyself” is good advice; one fascinating, deeply satisfying path to self-knowledge is through your own relatives and ancestors. This workbook helps bring you in direct, active contact with your heritage, using the tools of genealogy.

Genealogy (from a Greek word meaning ‘tracing generation or descent’) is a very old, honorable discipline for determining who truly belongs (by blood or marriage) to a family. Its visible result is a family tree, or pedigree. Formerly pedigrees were necessary to princes and aristocrats to prove their birthright; today anyone may take pride in his or her family past. This book enables beginning genealogists, including young children, to take the first steps in discovering the origins and growth of their lineage. Rosemary Chorzempa began tracing her Polish immigrant family’s roots as a teenager and now lectures on genealogy.

She has designed this introductory volume as a workbook in which the reader is a participant, researcher, recorder, and pedigree-maker. The pages provide the family historian space to document information (including photos) on self, father, mother, brothers and sisters, and other relatives paternal and maternal. Instructions clarify the making of a basic family tree and pedigree chart; important rules of research method and etiquette teach the beginner good genealogical technique. In addition there are pages on autographs, family tales, heraldry, geography, foreign languages, ethnic crafts, foods and customs, a sample notebook filing system, correspondence record, glossary, bibliography, ideas on further study and projects. As a final note, Mrs. Chorzempa includes her own autobiography and family tree.

Easily accessible to the youngest of historians, this volume assists in learning fundamental research principles and beginning the search — part science, part detective story — that may ultimately lead to years of discovery, enjoyment, and even self-knowledge.

Dover Original.

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Provide sixth grade students with 180 days of daily practice to build their knowledge of spelling rules, conventions, and patterns.

Students gain regular practice with word study through these quick, diagnostic-based activities.

This 6th grade spelling workbook features 20 word lists each week and worksheets that are fun, engaging, and challenging for students.

Ideal for after school, intervention, or homework, the word lists and activities are based on 10 years of classroom-tested experience.

Activities include:

Analogies Idioms and proverbs

Sentence completions

Synonyms and antonyms

Turn the question around

Prefixes, suffixes, and roots

Recommended for grade 6 and up

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Provide fourth grade students with 180 days of daily practice to build their knowledge of spelling rules, conventions, and patterns.

Students gain regular practice with word study through these quick, diagnostic-based activities.

This 4th grade spelling workbook features 15 word lists each week and worksheets that are fun, engaging, and challenging for students.

Ideal for after school, intervention, or homework, the word lists and activities are based on 10 years tested experience.

Activities include:

Analogies

Homophones

Sentence types

Sentence completions

Prefixes, suffixes, and roots

Synonyms and antonyms

Inflectional endings

Recommended for grade 4 and up.

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Provide fifth grade students with 180 days of daily practice to build their knowledge of spelling rules, conventions, and patterns.

Students gain regular practice with word study through these quick, diagnostic-based activities.

This 5th grade spelling workbook features 20 word lists each week and activity sheets that are fun, engaging, and challenging for students.

Activities include:

Analogies

Parts of speech

Prefixes and suffixes

Greek and Latin roots

Sentence completions

Synonyms and antonyms

Turn the question around

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p>Word Roots teaches students the meanings of Latin and Greek prefixes, roots, and suffixes commonly used in English. Learning word elements dramatically improves spelling and the ability to decode unfamiliar words. Word Roots will add hundreds of words to your students’ vocabulary and greater depth to their thinking and writing. For each lesson students first learn the meanings of prefixes, roots, and suffixes. Then they: - divide known and unknown words into their elements or assemble elements to form whole words. - match word parts or whole words to their definitions by analyzing their meanings. - apply their new vocabulary in sentences. The books include a pretest/posttest, lesson reviews, answers, and a dictionary of the prefixes, roots, suffixes, and vocabulary words derived from Latin and/or Greek word elements. Each lesson has the meanings of prefixes, roots, and suffixes used to form the vocabulary words. From The Critical Thinking Company. Grades 7-12+ Learn More

Word Roots teaches students the meanings of Latin and Greek prefixes, roots, and suffixes commonly used in English. Learning word elements dramatically improves spelling and the ability to decode unfamiliar words. Word Roots will add hundreds of words to your students’ vocabulary and greater depth to their thinking and writing. For each lesson students first learn the meanings of prefixes, roots, and suffixes. Then they: - divide known and unknown words into their elements or assemble elements to form whole words. - match word parts or whole words to their definitions by analyzing their meanings. - apply their new vocabulary in sentences. The books include a pretest/posttest, lesson reviews, answers, and a dictionary of the prefixes, roots, suffixes, and vocabulary words derived from Latin and/or Greek word elements. From The Critical Thinking Company Grades 7-12+ Learn More

Reinforce your child’s sixth-grade skills with Spectrum Word Study and Phonics. With the progressive lessons in this workbook, your child will strengthen language skills in digraphs and diphthongs, multiple-meaning words, and Greek and Latin roots. The Spectrum® Phonics series provides your child with skill-building exercises that focus on phonics, structural analysis, and dictionary skills. Phonics for grades K–2 guides students progressively through letter sounds, blends, and pairs and how they combine to form words. Word Study and Phonics for grades 3–6 includes lessons in decoding as well as vocabulary comprehension, spelling, word relationships, figurative language, and even foreign words. Unique exercises will keep children engaged, and complete answer keys will help you gauge their understanding of the way words work. Learn More

Help first grade students master Common Core skills such as comparing two texts on the same topic, understanding word roots, solving word problems, and more with Common Core Language Arts and Math for grade 1. Take the mystery out of the Common Core with these unique and timely Spectrum 128-page books. These information-packed resources for kindergarten through grade 6 provide an overview of the standards for each grade level along with practice activities for school success. Includes explicit references to the standards on each practice page that will let parents know that activities provide direct support for skills being taught at school. 128 pages, Learn More

Help students make the spelling-meaning connection! Encourages students to identify word similarities Ensures vocabulary retention through fun activities Explains the origins of key vocabulary words Learn More

Help students make the spelling-meaning connection! Encourages students to identify word similarities Ensures vocabulary retention through fun activities Explains the origins of key vocabulary words titles Learn More

By Laurie J Cousseau, Rhonda Graff

Games & Word Lists for Reading, Writing, and Word Study

Phonics instruction in upper elementary means helping students decode multisyllabic words, learn common spelling patterns, determine word meaning from roots and affixes, develop vocabulary, and more. The lists in this book feature common syllables, prefixes and suffixes, Greek and Latin roots, parts of speech, and so much more. Reproducible games and activities can be customized for fun and engaging practice. Also includes assessments to gauge students' spelling, vocabulary, and other skills.

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Word Roots teaches children the meanings of prefixes, roots, and suffixes commonly used in English. Learning word elements dramatically improves spelling and the ability to decode unfamiliar words. Word Roots will add hundreds of words to your child's vocabulary and greater depth to their thinking and writing. For each lesson children first learn the meanings of prefixes, roots, and suffixes. Then they Divide known and unknown words into their elements or assemble elements to form whole words. Match word parts or whole words to their definitions by analyzing their meanings. Apply their new vocabulary in sentences. Teaching Support Includes teaching suggestions and answers. From The Critical Thinking Company. Grades 3-4.

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Dr. DooRiddles develops students' fluency and understanding of word meanings and associations as it improves their spelling, vocabulary, reading, and problem-solving skills. Students carefully read through clues in each riddle, analyzing connections within and between clues to figure out what is being described. Solving the riddles requires students to evaluate homonyms, synonyms, homophones, prefixes, roots, and suffixes in order to deduce and spell whole and partial word answers. Grades Pre-K to 2. Activities may be read aloud to pre-readers. From The Critical Thinking Company. Learn More

Dr. DooRiddles develops students' fluency and understanding of word meanings and associations as it improves their spelling, vocabulary, reading, and problem-solving skills. Students carefully read through clues in each riddle, analyzing connections within and between clues to figure out what is being described. Solving the riddles requires students to evaluate homonyms, synonyms, homophones, prefixes, roots, and suffixes in order to deduce and spell whole and partial word answers. Grades 4-7. From The Critical Thinking Company.

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Dr. DooRiddles develops students' fluency and understanding of word meanings and associations as it improves their spelling, vocabulary, reading, and problem-solving skills. Students carefully read through clues in each riddle, analyzing connections within and between clues to figure out what is being described. Solving the riddles requires students to evaluate homonyms, synonyms, homophones, prefixes, roots, and suffixes in order to deduce and spell whole and partial word answers. Grades 2-3. From The Critical Thinking Company.

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For teachers using the Vocabulary from Classical Roots series, the Teacher's Guide and Answer Key is an invaluable resource. This Guide covers Book 4. The guide complements, extends, and enriches the series as it: provides scaffolding for individual learning needs. helps students access prior knowledge and make connections to new learning. offers a variety of activities that can be adapted for whole-class, small group, or independent learning situations. presents teachers with a practical and effective method for teaching vocabulary through classical roots, even when that background is not part of the teacher’s own experience. Features • Lesson-by-lesson support for group instruction and discussion • Strategies for making connections between roots, familiar words, and key words • Blackline masters to reinforce key words and related words from each lesson • Additional review activities • Vocabulary games and word-learning strategies • Answer Key Learn More

These reproducible, blackline master tests assess students' understanding of the word roots and affixes and the key words presented in Vocabulary from Classical Roots Book 4, giving a clear picture of students’ progress. There is a set of tests available for each lesson in the book, providing twelve sets in all. The set of tests for each lesson includes items for each key word, each familiar word, two test items for related affixes taught in Exercise C, and a bonus item. There are three possible test items for each key word and familiar word. This allows teachers to select the type of question they want to use and to retest students with a new question, if they wish. Answer Keys are included. For use with Vocabulary From Classical Roots Grade 4 Student Book (Item #4106). Skills Addressed • Recognizing Greek and Latin roots and affixes • Completing analogies • Recognizing correct word use • Recognizing related forms of a word • Completing sentences appropriately • Completing multiple-choice tests Learn More

Using the same auditory, frequency, and mastery approach as The Phonetic Zoo, these nine different sets of MP3 spelling and vocabulary lessons by Andrew Pudewa, Dr. James B. Webster, and Maria Gerber will help prepare your student for a wide range of studies. This program is intended for self-directed study, with students independently learning and testing their knowledge. The student begins by listening to the MP3s, which gives him a spelling test. The words are presented and used in a sentence. After the student spells all the words, the correct spelling is given on the MP3 along with the definition of the word. The student takes the same test everyday until he obtains 100% twice in a row before moving onto the next test. Thus, the student can practice spelling and hearing the definition of the words until he achieves mastery. Each module has 4 lessons with 24 words per lesson. This course comes on two CD-ROMs containing all nine modules and a PDF booklet containing full instructions and the list of words and definitions. This complete course includes all nine modules of the Advanced Spelling and Vocabulary course, including: Art & Architecture, Bible & Theology, Business & Economics, Government & Law, Greek & Latin Word Roots, Health & Science, Literature, Music, SAT/ACT. High School Level (Contains Christian Content) Learn More

Saxon Math 54 Homeschool Student Edition. Customized for homeschooling, 12 Investigations and an Illustrated Glossary, 120 Lessons. Each daily lesson includes warm-up activities, teaching of the new concept, and practice of new and previous material, two-color format, 627 pages. Features word problems, arithmetic algorithms, geometry & measurement, elapsed time, fractions, decimals & percents, negative numbers, powers & roots, estimation, patterns & sequences, statistics and probability. Note: This item is included in the Saxon Math 54 Home Study Kit, sold separately (Item #2856). Learn More

Megawords teaches the reading, spelling, and contextual use of multisyllabic words through multisensory instruction and a systematic progression of skills. Within each book, words are presented in lists arranged by word structure and spelling pattern. Because Megawords is skill based, it can be used in a variety of settings and across all RTI tiers depending on student need and grade level. Program Features Teaches word study through phonic and structural regularities; Is multisensory and employs a consistent lesson format; Analyzes words at the syllable and word level before presenting words in context; Incorporates systematic progress monitoring; Adapts easily to the needs of the RTI classroom; Encourages student involvement; In Book 2, the focus is on prefixes and suffixes commonly found on multisyllabic words. Students learn the spelling rules around the addition of prefixes and suffixes and also learn the meanings of prefixes and some Latin roots. Exercises include spelling practice, proofreading, crossword puzzles, word finds, fill in the blank, categorizing, sorting, and passage reading for fluency and comprehension. Learn More

powerful tool that complements, extends, and enriches the series, the Teacher’s Guides provide scaffolded instruction for individual learning needs. A variety of written and oral word games helps students build word-learning strategies and gives them practice using the familiar and key vocabulary words from each lesson. Use with Vocabulary From Classical Roots Grade 6 Student Book (Item #0997). From EPS. Learn More

p>A powerful tool that complements, extends, and enriches the series, the Teacher’s Guides provide scaffolded instruction for individual learning needs. A variety of written and oral word games helps students build word-learning strategies and gives them practice using the familiar and key vocabulary words from each lesson. Use with Vocabulary From Classical Roots B Student Book (Item #2256). Learn More