Learning how to use capitalization and punctuation is an important, if sometimes perplexing, part of learning how to write correctly. This guide covers basic punctuation, such as periods, question marks, commas, and apostrophes. It also explains how capitalization is used at the start of a sentence, in a letter, and with proper nouns. Useful and easy to understand and directly correlated to Common Core Grade 3 English Language Arts Standards, CCSS.ELA-Literacy....

Teach young readers what simple and complex sentences are, and help them understand the uses of each. Age-appropriate examples make concepts clearer. While the book's subject comes from the Common Core Language Standards, its table of contents, glossary, index, captions, and more make it a useful tool for teaching the Common Core Reading Standards for Informational Text, too. Includes simple review questions with an answer key at the back of the book....

Big and small. Wet and dry. Up and down. These are just a few opposite pairs familiar to most people. Now they'll understand the meaning behind these words through this text, which explores all aspects of antonyms. The text also covers synonyms, teaching how shades of meaning can change writing for the better. The text presents these core language concepts through age-appropriate text, engaging charts and graphic organizers, and eye-catching images....

Prefixes and suffixes are the building blocks of more complex words that young readers begin to encounter as they move up in grade level. This age-appropriate text teaches readers how to recognize words and decipher unfamiliar ones, an essential word analysis skill. Students will learn how to build complex words using prefixes and suffixes, and will delight seeing how their vocabulary grows with each newly created word. Helpful language charts, a...