A comprehensive vocabulary is an essential foundation for literacy acquisition, proper writing, reading comprehension, and the ability to compose good texts. Such a vocabulary must be developed and secured in the early school years. With the practical station training included in this volume, students can easily work independently to acquire the fundamental words. The learning words cover nine important curriculum topics for first grade: hedge, year, clothing, nutrition, weather, school, class, games, and animals. At the beginning of each unit, the vocabulary is divided into words to say together, words to think about, and words to remember. Each topic includes eleven stations with varied tasks. The newly learned words are then reinforced through different new dictation forms such as can dictation, stealth dictation, cube dictation, and partner dictation.