Word Roots Beginning

Grades: 3rd - 4th
ISBN: 1-60144-134-7
Activities: 72
Pages: 72

Word Roots Beginning - Learning the Building Blocks of Better Spelling and Vocabulary

Student Content w/Answer Guide
Reproducible for one home or one classroom

Empowers children to acquire an unlimited vocabulary, preparing them for testing and higher education.

Description & Features

Word Roots teaches students the meanings of Latin prefixes, roots, and suffixes commonly used in English. Learning word elements dramatically improves spelling and the ability to decode unfamiliar words. Word Roots will add hundreds of words to your students' vocabulary and greater depth to their thinking and writing.

For each lesson students first learn the meanings of prefixes, roots, and suffixes. Then they
• Divide known and unknown words into their elements or assemble elements to form whole words.
• Match word parts or whole words to their definitions by analyzing their meanings.
• Apply their new vocabulary in sentences.

Teaching Support
Includes teaching suggestions and answers.