The
activities focus on using these words in context to help students
incorporate each word into their vocabulary and retain the correct
spelling. There are periodic reviews to make sure students retain what
is taught in the lessons. Word Roots will add hundreds of words to your students' vocabulary and greater depth to their thinking and writing.
Each lesson has the meanings of prefixes, roots, and suffixes used to
form the vocabulary words. The activities following the lessons include:
A. Spelling and Defining Words
Match each given word to its correct definition.
B. Completing the Sentence
Complete the sentence by choosing the correct word.
C. Defining the Word Parts
Define the word parts.
D. Writing Sentences
Write sentences using the words in the lesson.
E. (optional) Creative Writing
Teaching Support
This
book includes a pretest/posttest, lesson reviews, answers, and a
dictionary of the prefixes, roots, suffixes, and vocabulary words
derived from Latin and/or Greek word elements.
Level 2 contains the following word parts and vocabulary:
• 28 Prefixes
• 109 Roots
• 86 Suffixes
• 312 Vocabulary Words