Index of Skills

• Vocabulary

  • Academic vocabulary 19, 40, 53, 70, 73–74, 87, 106–107, 123, 142–144, 157, 176, 191, 210, 212, 225, 245, 259, 280, 293

  • Antonyms 11, 143

  • Basic vocabulary

    • Abbreviations 320–322

    • Actions 335–336

    • Animals 70–71, 73, 75, 84–87, 92–97

    • Body parts 176, 180–181

    • Cardinal numbers See Numbers.

    • Careers 3, 8, 18, 245, 246, 324

    • Colors 331

    • Commands 145, 315

    • Comparison words 86, 107, 112–113, 248–249, 258

    • Days of the week 321

    • Describing words 73, 75, 143, 247, 330–334

    • Direction words 39, 212

    • Family 324

    • Farming 242, 245, 248–249

    • Feelings 333

    • Food 243–244, 246–249, 326

    • Habitats 73–76, 82–87, 89–93, 325

    • Homes and household objects 325

    • Landforms 212–213, 220–225, 325

    • Location words 325

    • Money 244, 330, 334

    • Months of the year 321

    • Negative words 279, 315

    • Neighborhood 325

    • Numbers and basic operations 53, 244, 330, 334

    • Opinion words 72, 209

    • Opposites 11, 143, 146, 252–253

    • Order words 334

    • Ordinal numbers See Order words.

    • People 4, 12, 16, 18, 107–108, 123, 157, 210–211 See also Careers and Family.

    • Plants 73–75, 248–249, 252, 254–259

    • Question words 211, 244, 312–314

    • Restaurant words 246

    • Rooms in a house See Homes and household objects.

    • Sensory words 75, 247, 331–332

    • Shapes 331

    • Sizes 331

    • Social courtesies 178

    • Sports 175, 177–179, 186–191, 194–202

    • Story elements 142–144, 146–147, 156

    • Telling time 5, 144

    • Weather 75, 82–85, 225, 251, 256–258

  • Classify words 8, 18, 42, 73–74, 76, 89, 112, 146, 176, 180, 210, 214, 248, 280, 282

  • Content-area words See Academic vocabulary.

  • High frequency words 10–11, 13–18, 44–45, 47–52, 78–79, 81–86, 114–115, 117–122, 148–149, 151–156, 182–183, 185–190, 216–217, 219–224, 250–251, 253–258, 284–285, 287–292

  • Key vocabulary 21, 30, 55, 64, 89, 98, 125, 134, 159, 168, 193, 202, 227, 236, 261, 270, 295, 304

  • Multiple-meaning words 284–285

  • Prefixes 252–253, 286–287

  • Relate words 10–11, 13, 18, 47, 81, 117, 151, 156, 190, 214–215, 219, 248–249, 253, 258

  • Suffixes 252–253, 286–287

  • Synonyms 11, 72, 107, 156, 190

  • Word maps and webs 8, 42, 44–45, 76, 12, 146, 159, 180, 182–183, 214, 248, 282

• Language Functions

  • Agree and disagree 278

  • Ask and answer questions 210–211, 244–245

  • Ask for and accept a favor 143

  • Ask for and give advice 142

  • Ask for and give information 106, 176, 244–245

  • Buy or sell an item 244

  • Describe 73, 75, 86, 144, 156, 224, 246–247, 277, 281

  • Express feelings 40, 99

  • Express likes and dislikes

  • Express needs, wants, and thoughts 40, 99

  • Express probability 4–5

  • Express social courtesies 178

  • Give and carry out commands 145

  • Give directions 39, 212

  • Give information 38, 43, 77, 113, 176–177, 181, 215, 245, 249 See also Ask for and give information.

  • Give opinions 72

  • Have a discussion 106, 113, 224

  • Make a suggestion 74

  • Make comparisons 86, 107, 113, 248–249, 258

  • Read aloud and recite 4, 10–12, 38, 44–46, 72, 78–80, 106, 114–116, 142, 148–150, 176, 182–184, 210, 216–218, 224, 244, 250–252, 278, 284–286

  • Retell a story 8–9, 146–147, 282–283

  • Tell an original story 144