Back to Basics is for readers to build a firm foundation in the English language. It is an interactive learning resource with clear and concise content and exercises to strengthen word knowledge, particularly English orthography (the study of a language's writing system) and vocabulary. Knowing how words operate is key to developing strong reading skills, and teachers have an in depth understanding of English language and can best implement word study. Word study is a research-based method of instruction through which readers learn sounds, patterns, and word parts, key to developing word attack, word recognition, and vocabulary skills. Complete with information, skill instruction, and practice, this first book of the series helps its reader become a word connoisseur, one who is an expert of word knowledge. To know a word is to know what it is comprised, and readers of Back to Basics will be able to aptly analyze and interpret words.