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36 weeks of instruction cover standards-based skills such as:

Reading Comprehension:

• analogies
• categorizing
• cause and effect
• fact and opinion
• inference

Vocabulary/Word Study

• base words, prefixes, suffixes
• contractions
• homophones
• rhyming
• synonyms & antonyms
• comparatives & superlatives forms
• word meaning from context
• spelling

Punctuation

• punctuation at the end of a sentence
• periods in abbreviations
• commas in dates, in addresses, in a series, and to separate dialogue
• colons in time
• apostrophes in contractions and possessives

Capitalization

• sentence beginning
• days, months, holidays
• books, magazines, songs, plays
• proper names and titles of people
• names of places

Grammar and Usage

• correct articles
• double negatives
• pronouns
• singular & plural nouns
• verb forms
• run-on sentences
• sentence types
• subject & predicate
• parts of speech: verbs, nouns, adjective, and adverbs
• subject/verb agreement
• combining sentences
• parts of a friendly letter

Reference Skills

• alphabetical order
• dictionary guide words
• reference materials