Boost students’ vocabularies, bring new words to life, and prepare kids for standardized tests with these instant, high-interest writing prompts— one for each day of the school year! A rich selection of vocabulary words is correlated with the calendar to support vocabulary development all year long. Includes kid-friendly definitions, common synonyms and antonyms, and prompts that inspire a range of writing genres. For use with Grades 3-6. | osabíĩitoịy Jjj1ẩĩ ữ to J J y by Marcia Miller and Martin Lee 180 Wonderful Words With Quick Creative Writing Activities That Expand Kids Vocabularies Enrich Writing Boost Test Scores SCHOLASTIC PROFESSIONALBOOKS New York Toronto London Auckland Sydney Mexico City New Delhi Hong Kong To Eugene who loves words Scholastic Inc. grants teachers permission to photocopy the reproducible pages from this book for classroom use. No other part of this publication may be reproduced in whole or in part or stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means mechanical photocopying recording or otherwise without written permission of the publisher. For information regarding permission write to Scholastic Inc. 555 Broadway New York NY 10012. Cover design by Mo Bing Chan Cover and interior illustrations by Michael Moran Interior design by Grafica Inc. ISBN 0-439-07749-4 Copyright 2000 by Marcia Miller and Martin Lee. All rights reserved. Printed in the . Vocabulary Word of the Day Miller Lee Scholastic Teaching Resources Contents Letter to the Teacher Words for START and Words for BEGINNERS and OLD Great LITTLE Words From OLD Words With DOG and Words ON THE Big Words for LITTLE Little Words for Words That START WITH Words for LAUGH and Words About Words From Words for COMPOUND Words to CHEW Verbs That End With Words for FACIAL MORE Words ON THE Words That START WITH W Words With a SILENT Words With DOUBLE Words With IN- and Words With THREE Words From Three-Syllable Words for EXCITED NOT Words From AROUND THE Words for TOPS .75 Words That START WITH Comprehensive Word Vocabulary Word of the Day Miller Lee Scholastic Teaching .