Thumbtacks, Earwax, Lipstick, Dipstick: What Is a Compound Word? (Words Are Categorical)
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| Rating | : | 4.99 (558 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1467713791 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 32 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 0000-00-00 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Thumbtacks, Earwax, Lipstick, Dipstick: What Is a Compound Word? overturns traditional grammar lessons. We've highlighted the compound words with colored type to make them easy to identify. What is a compound word? You'll find the answer inside this book it's a stockpile of compound words! Brian P. Cleary's upbeat rhymes and Brian Gable's sidesplitting illustrations bring compound words to life. Read this book aloud with everyone you know and share in the delight of the sense and nonsense of words.
He lives in Cleveland, Ohio.. Cleary is the author of the Words Are CATegorical®, Math Is CATegorical®, Food Is CATegorical™, and Animal Groups Are CATegorical™ series, as well as several picture books. Brian P
In the comical digital artwork, daffy animal characters appear in colorful scenes illustrating compound words such as armpit, earthquake, seasick, and understand. Grades 1-3. From Booklist A lighthearted book with a well-defined purpose, this volume from the Words Are CATegorical series seeks to defuse the beginning reader’s fear of long compound words by showing that they are made up of short simple ones. An enjoyable addition to language arts units. Besides giving many examples, the rhyming, rhythmic text explains that although compo
Learning all about compound words with the zany CATegorical cats can be a FUN way to learn about grammar! A prim and proper CATegorical teacher, uses her pointer to show us that a compound word is "A word made up of two or more shorter words." The crazy cats in this series are ready to show you that a single word can be made up of two shorter ones to make a word easy to define and understand. A boxer cat sweats as he works out in sweatpants (sweat + pants), a cowboy (cow + boy) cat tips his hat to us, while another C. Great Fun in Learning types of words I purchased this book for my first grader who has a great love for reading and writing. She loved it so much that I am going to look into others in this series. Very fun, clever books for conveying concepts in grammar. Wish I would have had these when I was her age. :). Jessica Lewis said Very good book. Mr Cleary once again knocks it out of the park. This book has helped my kindergartner understand compound words. He doesn't have a problem with words like "into" any longer.