These include recordings of each word list to aid pronunciation, along with definitions and comprehension questions, and all reading passages.
Have an auditory learner? By customer request, we also now offer Audio CD sets that correlate to levels 2-12. If you don't think an intensive, thorough teacher guide is necessary, non-reproducible Test Books (with answers) and Answer Keys (for student workbooks) are available separately. At the upper levels (grade 9-12), each test also features a "SAT Sneak Preview" section in which additional practice is given in preparation for standardized testing. There are tests for each lesson as well as cumulative midterms and finals. Tests are designed to prepare students for standardized tests the format is largely multiple-choice. The Teacher Resource Books include teacher's guides for the lessons, reproducible tests and reviews, vocabulary activities (including word webs and semantic maps), options for group or individual instruction, pacing options, and answer keys for the tests and workbooks. Each lesson includes a Word List with complete dictionary type of entry information, a Finding Meanings exercise (choose two phrases to form a sentence that correctly uses a word), the Just the Right Word exercise (replace a phrase with a single word), an Applying Meanings exercise (using words in context), a Word Study exercise (covers synonyms, antonyms, suffixes, prefixes, and analogies), and a Passage (classic and contemporary authors) with follow-up questions. The Student Workbooks contain 20 lessons each with fifteen words. Books K and 1 were new with the 2nd edition of the program, and work just as well with the 3rd edition. Students learn 300 new words a year in Books 4-12. It also has 15 lessons with 150 words and contains some Greek and Latin root exercises.
Book 3 includes lessons 8-10 from Book B (1st edition) and all lessons from Book C (1st edition). It has 15 lessons and 150 vocabulary words. Book 2 includes all the lessons in Book A (1st edition) and lessons 1-7 from Book B (1st edition). Book numbers correspond with grade levels (unlike the 1st edition where it was necessary to add 3 to the book number to get the grade level).