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 Endangered Words: A Collection of Rare Gems for Word Lovers $12.95 Afterwit, agathism, ambsace, anacampserote, antepenultimate, antimony, and more! When a word perfectly captures a human truth, humans respond to it in the same way that they respond to a beautiful melody. They smile. They nod their heads. They tell others of their discovery. So says Simon Hertnon in his introduction to Endangered Words, and after wrapping your tongue around the lexical rarities he offers up to his readers, youll have to agree! Hertnon provides one hundred hand-selected rarities, and, in a virtuoso display of concinnity and logodaedaly, breathes life into them with his lucid descriptions of their meaning and engaging examples of their usage. Thanks to Endangered Words, you no longer have to be at a loss for words or reach for the clichd and commonplace. The English language is brimming with ambrosial alternatives, and this compendium offers the cream of the crop. Filled with words to be treasured for their elegant precision, from anacampserote to sprezzatura to zemblanity, Endangered Words is the perfect handbook for writers, an excellent resource for communicators, and an entertaining read for anyone with an appetite for the very brightest gems of the English language. .  Sight Word Flash Cards Level 3 $7.49 These flashcards are a nice tool for sight words. I wish they included some kind of ring, so they could be flipped. They would also benefit from a little page of directions for teaching suggestions, games and activities. The box includes none of these. Also, I think there are too many sight words included. I really only wanted the Dolch sight words, but these include the Fry and Dolch words. They are printed on nice durable cardstock, with a nice, readable font. However the fun value is literally zero, so look around for something like Wrap Ups, or Flash Kids sight words. Maybe there is something slightly more creative. What I am doing is using a hole punch and a ring. If my son knows the word immediately we punch the card. After five punches the card is taken out and replaced with a new word. I plan to have a stack of about 20 going at a time. A friend gave me a metal ring to keep them on, but I don't know where one would buy a ring.  Franklin Electronic Publishers SA-209 Spelling Ace, Thesaurus, Timer, and SAT Word List $29.99 Purchased for an eight-year old, she found the operating instructions and the various functions very difficult to learn. Spelling vocabulary seems quite limiting as some "near misses" didn't generate the correct spelling. Display screen dosen't have enough pixels, so individual letters have a "choppy" image which can be difficult to read depending on lighting and angle of view. Not recommended. |
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