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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
Variety of Antonyms
Point out that one word may have slightly different meanings that can be expressed in slightly different synonyms. By the same token, one word may also have slightly different antonyms. The word wild, for example, may mean untamed and be used mostly for animals. Its antonyms then would be domesticated or tamed. If wild is uninhabited/unsettled, and used for nature at large, its antonyms would be settled. If wild means violent/dangerous/destructive, its antonym would be calm/safe. Wild can also be used in the phrase be wild about something and refer to someone’s enthusiasm. The antonym in context would be uninterested.
From Longman
Keystone B, Teacher's Edition
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