Excel Advanced Skills Workbook: Spelling and Vocabulary Workbook Year 1

This book is part of the Excel Advanced Skills series, which provides students with more challenging extension work in vocabulary. The Excel series of Spelling and Vocabulary Workbooks for Years 1–6 will help primary sch ool students improve their spelling and vocabularyin English and i n other subjects. Each unit has a different theme and focuses on a set o f work dealing with words: what they mean and how to spell them. All act ivities are designed to encourage students to think about and enjoy lang uage, and to give them meaningful practice in using it. I n this book you will find: Fifteen self-contained units of work, each with a different themeTopic spelling lists with up to 18 wordsSpelling lists focusing on common patterns ‘Tricky words’ and tips to remember them Practical spelling strategiesActivities to practise and improv e spellingStrategies to expand students’ knowledge about words and their meanings, and a variety of practice activities Activities which encourage students to use context when reading to deve lop their word powerEngaging and relevant writing tasks