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The California Department of Education has adopted Longman Keystone for Reading Intervention (Program 4) and Reading Intervention for English Learners (Program 5) for grades 4-8.Read more >>
Vocabulary knowledge is the single best predictor of students' future academic success across the curriculum. Longman Cornerstone and Longman Keystone provide explicit instruction in academic vocabulary throughout all levels of the series.
Content-rich readings from across the curriculum paired with modeled learning strategies equip students with the tools they need to achieve academic success as they transition to mainstream classrooms.
A well-organized, yet easy-to-use roadmap of skills is essential to helping your students achieve success. The step-by-step lesson plan and built-in strategies for differentiated instruction ensures that every learner gets the support he or she needs to achieve long term academic success.
Teaching Tip
Levels of Synonyms
Writers can express slightly different meanings or evoke slightly different feelings when choosing a particular synonym because synonyms are never exactly the same. Point out that the words in a synonyms pair may be more or less formal (cat/feline, dead/deceased), more or less taboo (handicapped/physically challenged), or more or less ambiguous (love/romance). Mention that words in a synonym pair may even be specific to different geographic regions, social backgrounds or age groups. A common example is the word bad as a synonym for cool. Ask your students to discuss the differences between a few synonym pairs such as assist/help, locate/find, interpreter/translator, border/limit, treacherous/dangerous, scary/frightening, several/few, walk/go, and difficulty/trouble.
From Longman
Keystone B, Teacher's Edition
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