Elementary Language Arts
Introduce and nurture the handwriting, spelling, writing, grammar, and vocabulary skills young students build on for future success.
Benson Handwriting with Integrated Reading and Language Arts
Develop fluent, legible handwriting while practicing reading & language arts skills
- For over 100 years, Benson Handwriting has helped students develop legible, fluent handwriting – a key to writing success.
- Each lesson combines consistent letter formation directions and teacher modeling with ELA activities – all in less than 15 minutes per day!
- Interactive whiteboard software, font software, scripted teacher modeling, QR code video tutorials, and differentiated activities all help ensure student success.
- Benson Handwriting Escritura provides instruction with linguistically appropriate Spanish-language content and activities along with comprehensive teaching support.
- Available in vertical or slant letter formation editions—the choice is yours!
English Language Arts Companion
Close the gaps to ELA success
- Standards-based instruction, practice, and assessment designed to build students’ mastery in English Language Arts.
- Using authentic literature, each lesson develops a standards-based skill through four steps to success—skill/concept introduction, guided instruction, independent practice, and application.
- Three full-length practice tests diagnose proficiency, measure progress, and ensure mastery and stamina for state exams.
- Five writing workshops help students analyze prompts, evaluate writing effectiveness, and develop their independent writing skills.
Vocabu-Lit®
Word study in context
- Build word power through high-quality contemporary and classic literature, nonfiction, essays, and primary source texts.
- Unlock word meaning through context clues and develop mastery using multiple, research-based vocabulary strategies.
- Each literature-based lesson focuses on eight to ten Master Words with exercises of increasing complexity to extract meaning, apply vocabulary skills and strategies, and assess mastery
- In less than 15 minutes per day, your students develop the word study skills they need to improve reading fluency and comprehension.
Writing Companion
Build competence and confidence through concise, focused minilessons!
- Each chapter features step-by-step instruction for a commonly tested writing genre such as a research report, narrative, opinion/argumentative, informative/explanatory, and literary analysis.
- Starting with a source text, students focus on the key elements that distinguish good writing for the genre.
—Scaffolded tasks help students break down each element into manageable chunks.
—Each task builds upon the last, leading to a finished product.
—You Try It writing performance tasks provide test practice and additional feedback opportunity. - Student models, differentiated instruction, and group/partner activities all help strengthen writing skills and understanding.
- Editing skills practice of common language and style issues.
Grammar Works For Better Writing
Integrate grammar and writing
- This grade-level workbook series adds a strong grammatical dimension to the reading and writing curriculum by helping students understand the how and why of their language as they build a practical, working knowledge of grammar and how it applies to writing.
- Effective, student-friendly, and engaging practice of grammar with a wide variety of exercises.
- Writing activities in every lesson put skills to use and reinforce understanding.
- The lessons are structured to provide review and reinforcement.
- A cross-curricular approach weaves science, math, geography, and history into the lessons.
- Pretests and posttests assess knowledge—perfect practice for state or standardized tests.
- Perfect for take-home activities, after-school programs, and summer school.
Perfection Learning® Spelling
Systematic and comprehensive spelling instruction
- Contains all the resources you need to build spelling skills, word use, and writing success.
- Focuses on common spelling rules through four primary strategies of instruction—visual memory, phonics, word structure, and analogy.
- Consistent five-day or three-day instructional plans include a wide range of print and digital resources to reinforce skills, differentiate instruction, and support ELLs.
- Additional student support includes integrated handwriting support for grades 1 to 3, a Spelling Dictionary, and a Writer’s Guide for unit language arts activities.
Analogies
Students use associations and relationships to determine the meaning of words and concepts
Working with analogies teaches students to recognize and analyze relationships, look for likenesses and differences, draw conclusions, work with multiple word meanings, and have fun with words.
Book A is an excellent introduction to analogies. Students find and understand relationships in concepts.
Book B features the basic fundamentals of understanding analogies. Eight more analogy categories are introduced.
Book C reviews and practices 17 types of analogies and introduces four new types.
Teacher Guides include answer keys and extension activities for individual or small-group learning.
Benson Handwriting with Integrated Reading and Language Arts—Texas
Develop fluent, legible handwriting while practicing reading & language arts TEKS
- 100% TEKS conforming for Proclamation 2019 ELAR & SLAR adoptions!
- Through its unique integration of reading and language arts activities in every lesson, students receive instruction and practice in handwriting and ELAR skills in less than 15 minutes per day.
- Spanish editions are available for every grade level.
- Comprehensive teaching support includes wraparound teacher editions, occupational therapy tips, whiteboard presentation software, font software, desk strips, and wall posters.
- Available in both vertical and slant letter formations—the choice is yours!
Better Test Scores—Texas
Targeted review of mathematics, reading, and science TEKS
- Help prepare your students for the STAAR assessments using this program developed with Texas teachers.
- Review each of the tested TEKS, practice using a gradual release of responsibility, and assess progress with items matched to the STAAR tests.
- Diagnose proficiency and inform instruction using the built-in pre-test.
- Gauge mastery with the full-length practice STAAR test.
- Spanish editions available for grades 3 to 5.
English Language Arts Companion—New York
Close the gaps to ELA success
- New York Next Generation ELA standards-based instruction, practice, and assessment designed to build students’ mastery in English Language Arts.
- Using authentic literature, each lesson develops a standards-based skill through four steps to success—skill/concept introduction, guided instruction, independent practice, and application.
- Three full-length practice tests modeled after New York exams diagnose proficiency, measure progress, and ensure mastery and stamina for state exams.
- Five writing workshops help students analyze prompts, evaluate writing effectiveness, and develop their independent writing skills.
