High-Lexile Book for Intermediate Grades
926970
It's difficult to find higher-level Lexile books for my sixth grade students that are -well- appropriate for them to read and are interesting.  This one fits the bill.  I do a big mythology unit with all my students, and for the ones who want more when we finish, this book is perfect.  I'm glad to have found Rosemary Sutcliff for my strong readers!
4562677
I am an English teacher, so I am always looking for different English books that I can use in the classroom. I know that this book states that it is made for second graders, but this book would also be appropriate for English Language Learner adults that are considered intermediate level students. The layout of this book is very logical. The readings contain Common Core learning strategies. The readings are level appropriate and contain important information and history that every child should know, while focusing on reading strategies, writing/grammar strategies, and new vocabulary acquisition. I received this item in exchange for my unbiased review.
3106463
This book is filled with useful subject matter. It covers such topics as Geography and History, English, Mathematics, Music, and Art. The book is challenging enough for most sixth graders, and fairly interesting as well. This series will be a benefit for those who would like to lay the foundation for a strong classical education.

Andrew Carr
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I bought this book on the recommendation of one of my teachers, and it has been well worth the price.  Each chapter is divided into individual topics, such as Meetings and Conferences, or Demonstrations.  It introduces important vocabulary prior alongside a news article using the vocab.  At the back of the book is additional vocabulary by topic.  It's definitely helped me out so far, as I can now scan the headlines of BBC Arabic and don't feel as stupid.
1332378
Read and Understand Fiction: Grades 4 -6 is a great book for teachers to use as an enrichment tool for third graders, and for fourth through sixth graders. I have used this book for years, and the students love the stories and follow-up activities. It has improved their comprehension skills, and increased their vocabularies. In addition, there are open-ended questions for the students to answer. Please be aware that some of the editorial info for this book is incorrect. The titles listed at amazon.com are the wrong titles!!! That being said, the book is well worth the price!
3322589
This book came highly recommended by a teacher friend, and although we haven't started it yet this summer, I look forward to having my daughter start this soon in the next week or so.

Do you happen to have a similar workbook for Grade 1 to 2?  I am looking for work for my other daughter to also do over the summer and was hoping you had one for her grade level.  If not, does anyone have one that he/she can recommend?

Thanks so much and am excited to get started on more learning!
4131077
This is great for my soon-to-be middler schooler son.  It has larger print than the MWester Coll.version.  It gives example how to use in sentence.  The appendices is very useful with all the timelines.  I have a MW Coll. dictionary.  I think this is much better for students.
3124745
This is a little younger level than my current first grader is happy with.  He gets bored with the spelling portion very quickly and we have had to skip quite a few lessons to keep his interest.  The math portion is good for review, but he also seems to have mastered the concepts.  This may be extremely helpful in children having struggles with first grade, or kindegarteners that are more advanced.
That being said, we are pleased with the language arts, writing, and reading portions so far.  The layout is also easy to use.  Great as a supplement, but I can see combining as a pretty decent English curriculum.
1679095
This book is full of ideas to help middle level students read and write better.  Strategies for every aspect of the process are included, with step-by-step instructions.
1866324
This book is best suited for someone who has at least some Sanskrit, but for the student who has the basics, but is weak on vocabulary, this is an excellent text.  The layout is similar to Sargeant's edition of the Bhagavad-Gita, but S gives a more complete syntactic overview and each verse has a prose retelling (in devanagari only), which is quite good for the intermediate student to practice vocabulary, grammar, and reading.
With over 700 verses, this is an extensive text.  There are some typos, but they should not trouble the average student.
2150009
I recommend this book for middle school and early high school students.  The New World is a cut above other dictionaries.
1998955
Nice workbook.  Simple directions and illustrations.  Might be too easy for advanced kids - my daughter who is going into first grade in a highly regarded California charter school had already completed the first half of Book 1.1 in her regular schoolwork, and had seen many principles in the second half of book.  Great for summer retention and introduction to more complex patterns, sorting data and new methods for measurements.
4203
I use these books all the time in my gifted and talented elementary classes.  The kids LOVE the challenges and this book is GREAT for intermediate students.
438310
As with all of Alfred's material this one is great for a beginning student of at least the first grade level in school. For a younger student I would recommend Alfred's Prep course as it moves just a wee bit slower. This book has my high recommendation.
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I have been teaching 7th grade English Language Arts for 11 years. I have found that Rockin Root Words is an all inclusive vocabulary program. This program can be adapted to fit the needs of students of all ages and learning levels. This program focuses on root words, prefixes, and suffixes. Knowing the different parts of words helps students identify unknown words, which is exceptionally helpful on standardized tests. Each chapter of the book covers a different subject (such as time, numbers, and shapes). This book is appealing to all types of learners. Each chapter includes visual graphics as well as charts, maps, and written explanations of each part of the word. At the end of each chapter there is a review to check for understanding. Book 1 is intended for grades 3-5. Book 2 covers the same topics but is geared toward higher grades. I think this program can increase any students reading level and comprehension. I also teach a graduate level class and have recommended this book to my participants. Fantastic compilation of all the roots, prefixes, and suffixes!
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The book has chapters that include 100 of what the writers call "core SAT words"; these offer examinations of three words per page, complete with definition and extensive example sentences.  The writers thought to dip into pop-culture for the subjects of their sentences, so one will read about "Harry Potter", "The Avengers", and "The Office" for example.  Then in other vocab-in-context sentences, there are topics taken from high school lit and history classes.  I also appreciate that synonyms are mentioned and other SAT vocab words are used in the new word's sample sentence.
The writers include a chapter devoted to words that can be used to describe a personality.  I find this helpful when tutoring students because so many of the Sentence Completion questions involve determining the attributes of a person.  In another chapter, more SAT words are defined as part of a history lesson on the origins of that word.  Those kinds of descriptive explanations help a student's brain process the word better- now there's a story to it that can be imagined as one thinks about that word.
The next two chapters are also helpful; one chapter aggregates words connected by common affixes like "de-" and "-ous". Then chapter six ventures into the passages section of Critical Reading.  The writers describe the attitude or tone implied by higher vocabulary words.  Knowing these will help decipher the tougher paragraphs in the Critical Reading section.

All in all, a very thoughtful and student-friendly book that I will recommend to my SAT prep students.
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I really like this resource. I teach fourth-graders. This book helps the students learn to find specific information from a passage to support their thinking. It has several sections that focus on different skills: inference, main idea, cause and effect, etc.

Another good thing about this book is that it gives the reading level of each passage, ranging from levels 2-4. The passages are also interesting. Some are excerpts from well-known childrens' books.