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[quote=Anonymous]Thank you both for the recommendation of Wordly Wise. I will look for it. My children do read but they have hardly learned/momorized any new words. It's good to know there is a word study program in upper elementary.

[quote=Anonymous]The best way for students to learn vocabulary is through reading at their level. Have your children keep a journal of unfamiliar words that they encounter while reading. In the journal they should write a definition, a synonym, and an antonym. Using the word in a sentence and creating a drawing to represent the word’s definition are also helpful for remembering it in the long term.

A commonly used vocabulary textbook is Wordly Wise. However, if students do not read, write, and speak the words that they study, they are likely to forget them as quickly as they learned them.

FCPS schools I have observed do have a vocabulary program that is based on word roots. It is an effective way of learning a lot of words quickly and remembering them. While students do not have textbooks, they do keep detailed journals in the upper elementary grades. This program of word study also explores common spelling patterns.[/quote][/quote]

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