Index of Skills

• Vocabulary

  • Academic vocabulary 19, 49, 79, 109, 141, 171, 189, 201, 231, 250, 261

  • Antonyms 12–13, 135

  • Basic vocabulary

    • Abbreviations 286–288

    • Actions 39, 66, 246–249, 301–302

    • Animals 199

    • Cardinal numbers See Numbers.

    • Careers 66–69, 74, 76–77, 290

    • Clothing 190

    • Colors 36–38, 297

    • Commands 188, 281

    • Communication words 9, 10

    • Days of the week 200, 287

    • Describing words 36–38, 189–190, 250, 296–300, 313

    • Family 158–159, 162–166, 171, 290

    • Feelings 216–217, 219, 299

    • Food 36–41, 46–49

    • Habitats 186–187, 189, 198–200, 291

    • Homes and household objects 160–161, 170, 291

    • Landforms 189, 198–199, 201, 291

    • Location words 126–128, 131, 291

    • Money 96

    • Months of the year 200, 287

    • Negative words 48, 98, 221, 281

    • Neighborhood 126–131, 291

    • Numbers and basic operations 19, 94–95, 97, 99, 104–105, 109, 171, 231, 296, 300

    • Order words 13, 16–17, 99, 296, 300

    • Ordinal numbers See Order words.

    • People 158–159, 162–166, 250 See also Careers and Family.

    • Personal information 2–3, 8

    • Plants 189, 198–199

    • Question words 68, 78, 96, 278–280

    • Rooms in a house See Homes and household objects.

    • Sensory words 297–298

    • Shapes 36–37, 48, 297

    • Sizes 36–38, 297

    • Social courtesies 4

    • Tools 64–65, 69, 76–77

    • Transportation 127, 129, 131, 188–189, 191, 196

    • Weather 188–191, 201

  • Classify words 37–38, 40, 42–43, 49, 66, 69, 70, 76–77, 79, 97, 99, 100, 102–103, 126–128, 132, 158, 160–162, 189–190, 192, 198–199, 219, 222, 252–253

  • Content-area words See Academic vocabulary.

  • High frequency words 12–13, 15–17, 42–43, 45–47, 72–73, 75–77, 102–103, 105–107, 134–135, 137–139, 164–165, 167–169, 194–195, 197–199, 224–225, 227–229, 254–255, 257–260

  • Key Vocabulary 21, 30, 51, 60, 81, 90, 111, 120, 143, 152, 173, 182, 203, 212, 233, 242, 263, 272

  • Relate words 10, 12–13, 40–43, 70, 102–103, 105, 132–135, 137, 162–163, 167, 192–195, 197, 227, 252–253, 257

  • Synonyms 126, 134–135, 194–195

  • Word maps and webs 10, 40, 70–71, 81, 100, 132, 143, 162, 173, 192–193, 204, 222, 233, 252–253, 263

• Language Functions

  • Ask and answer questions 68–69, 78, 96, 161, 170, 248

  • Ask for and give information 78, 126–128, 161, 170

  • Describe 36, 38, 189, 218, 250, 260

  • Express feelings 219

  • Express likes and dislikes 36

  • Express needs, wants, and thoughts 99

  • Express social courtesies 4

  • Give and carry out commands 188

  • Give information 8, 66, 97, 158, 160, 163, 190, 193, 253 See also Ask for and give information.

  • Have a discussion 163, 253

  • Order an item 8

  • Read aloud and recite 4,12–14, 19, 36, 42–44, 66, 72–74, 96, 102–104, 126, 130, 134–136, 158, 164–166, 188, 194–196, 218, 224–226, 248, 254–256

  • Retell a story 10–11, 40–41, 70–71, 100–101, 132–133, 222–223

  • Use the telephone 9

• Language Patterns and Structures, Mechanics, and Spelling

  • Action verbs 39, 66–67, 251, 301–302

  • Adjectives

    • Descriptive 36–38, 189–190, 250, 296–300

    • Number words 19, 94, 96–99, 102–105, 109, 171, 296, 300

    • Possessive 295

    • That appeal to the senses 297–299

  • Adverbs 248–249

  • Capitalization

    • Beginning of sentences 18, 33, 63, 93, 281

    • Pronoun I 155, 245

    • Proper nouns 123, 154, 200, 215, 245, 275, 286–287, 289

  • Commands 188, 281

  • Common nouns 170, 289–292

  • Contractions 108, 140, 221, 281, 301

  • Exclamatory sentences 18, 280, 284

  • Irregular verbs 220, 304, 305

  • Modals

    • can 68, 191, 303

    • could 303

    • may 303

    • might 303

  • Negative sentences 48, 98, 108, 221, 281

  • Nouns

    • Capitalization of 200, 286–287, 289

    • Common 170, 289–292

    • Possessive 230, 289

    • Proper 200, 286–287, 289

    • Singular and plural 170, 292

  • Phrases with

    • like to 251

    • want to 251

  • Plural nouns 170, 292

  • Plural verbs 6–7, 66, 96, 131, 159, 220, 251, 280, 301, 303, 304

  • Possessives

    • Adjectives 295

    • Nouns 230, 289

    • Pronouns 295

  • Prepositions 126–128, 131

  • Progressive forms of verbs 249, 256–257, 303

  • Pronouns

    • Agreement 4–5, 68, 294

    • Object 295

    • Possessive 295

    • Singular and plural 4–5, 68, 294

    • Subject 4–5, 295

  • Proper nouns 200, 286–287, 289

  • Punctuation

    • Apostrophe 108, 140, 221, 230, 281, 289

    • Exclamation mark 18, 280, 284

    • Period 18, 283

    • Question mark 68, 283

  • Questions

    • with yes/no answers 68, 96, 280

    • with Who, What, When, Where 78, 280

    • with Do and Does 96

    • with How Much or How Many 280

    • with How 280

    • with Why 280

  • Sentences 18, 131, 188, 280–282 See also Questions, Commands, and Writing.

  • Singular verbs 6–7, 39, 66–67, 96, 159, 220, 251, 280, 301, 303, 304