Word Roots: Level 1

Word Roots: Level 1 replaces both Word Roots: A1 and Word Roots: A2.Description and FeaturesWord 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.New Version! How was the award-winning series improved? More effective activities were created to help students learn the meaning and spelling of roots, prefixes, and suffixes commonly used in English. Learning these word elements dramatically improves spelling and the ability to decode unfamiliar words. More than 100 new vocabulary words along with activities that focus on using these words in context help students incorporate each word into their vocabulary and retain the correct spelling. Finally, lesson reviews make sure students retain what is taught in the lessons. The new and improved Word Roots books will add hundreds of words to your students' vocabulary and greater depth to their thinking and writing.Paperback. 240 pages. Reproducible.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 WritingTeaching Support The books include 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.