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Word Explorer: Developing a Rich Vocabulary

Builds vocabulary and word-knowledge skills for improved comprehension

   

Grade Levels
How much time will it take to teach a complete worktext?

Whole class: 15 minutes, 5 times a week, for 29 weeks
Pull-out class: 25 minutes, 3 times a week, for 29 weeks
Summer School: 30 minutes, 5 times a week, for 8 weeks
For intervention: Use selected lessons as needed

   

100% customized to the VA SOLs!

Word Explorer adds 250-300 words to your students' vocabulary in just 15 minutes a day. Its systematic, research-based instructional design uses explicit teaching and as many as nine separate exposures to each word to ensure mastery. This program provides explicit instruction in vocabulary skills, high utility words, and content-area vocabulary.

   
"We loved Word Explorer. It was used in our after school program as a tutorial. What we liked so much was that the students learned the words and they really used them."
— Marcia Brugger, Reading Coach
   

Word Explorer is the ideal supplemental resource for students who need vocabulary support with content-area reading, English Language Learners, and for all students who need to build and develop their vocabularies. FREE Skills e-Path™ helps you target instruction with the online pretest, Personal Prescriptive Path™ (P3) reports, and posttest.

Each level offers three different kinds of lessons:

  • Vocabulary Skills
    using a dictionary and thesaurus, context clues, multiple-meaning words, prefixes, suffixes, and word parts
  • Content-Area Words
    social studies, science, and math in Levels C-E and language arts, social studies, and science in Levels F-H
  • Just the Right Word
    words that enrich and expand a student's vocabulary

  • Ensures learning and retention with best-practice instructional design
  • Builds comprehension with high-interest selections and cloze passages
  • Targets individual needs with FREE Personal Prescriptive Path™ reports
  • Eases preparation and supports English Language Learners with annotated, wraparound TE

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