Vocabulary

p>Word Roots teaches students the meanings of Latin and Greek 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. 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. Each lesson has the meanings of prefixes, roots, and suffixes used to form the vocabulary words. From The Critical Thinking Company. Grades 7-12+ Learn More

Word Roots teaches students the meanings of Latin and Greek 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. 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. From The Critical Thinking Company Grades 7-12+ Learn More

Word Roots teaches students the meanings of Latin prefixes, roots, and suffixes commonly used in English. Students learn the building blocks of words-prefixes, suffixes, and roots-in order to unlock new vocabulary. By learning the etymology of words with Word Roots, students will enhance their vocabulary and improve their understanding of unfamiliar words, as well as improve spelling skills. Each lesson features the meanings of prefixes, roots, and suffixes used to form the vocabulary words. The activities following the lessons include opportunities to spell and define words by matching words to definitions; complete the sentence by choosing the correct word; define word parts; write sentences using words in the lesson; and complete an optional creative writing assignment. Word Roots Level 1 replaces the previous Word Roots A1 book. This new version has been updated and improved! More effective activities to help students learn the meaning and spelling of roots, prefixes, and suffixes have been added, as well as more than 100 new vocabulary words. In addition, lesson reviews have been added to ensure that students retain what is taught in the lessons. 234 reproducible pages, softcover. Line-listed answer key included, along with a Latin prefix/root/suffix dictionary. Grades 5-12+. Learn More

Word Roots teaches children the meanings of 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 child's vocabulary and greater depth to their thinking and writing. For each lesson children 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. From The Critical Thinking Company. Grades 3-4.

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Give children a reading boost with word family flashcards!

Recognizing word families will help increase speed and fluency in reading.

This colorful set covers 8 common word families and introduces over 50 words in a fun format.

Ages 6 and up.

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Word Explorer is an engaging collection of diverse word puzzles designed to ignite students' passion for active learning and the discovery of patterns. Drawing inspiration from the companion mathematics series Pattern Explorer, this collection recreates the thrill of problem-solving and pattern exploration through the use of words and letters. From classic puzzles like word scrambles, rebus puzzles, and word searches to less traditional, reimagined formats, these puzzles supply a wide variety of problem-solving opportunities in language arts to foster the type of critical thinking skills often associated with mathematical patterns. Get ready to play and have fun working with letters and words!

To maximize diversity and variation, the puzzles in this 112-page book appear in a rotating order for a total of 64 puzzle sets divided into the following themes:

• Missing Letters
• Letter Rearrangement
• Word Combinations
• Vocabulary
• Path Search
• Code-Breaking/Logic
• Visual

The activities are self-contained and independent, gradually increasing in sophistication. While we encourage starting with earlier sets, students have the freedom to choose their own path.

Suitable for students in grades 6-8, these puzzles cater to different comfort levels with word exploration. Accompanied by hints and solutions, the activities offer support for younger students while challenging older ones to uncover patterns with agility. Regardless of the pace, our playful exploration of words and letters is a rewarding experience.

We encourage students to pursue these pattern problems with a sense of adventure and perseverance. Some pattern discoveries may come quickly, while others may require patience and determination. Regardless, the pattern exploration offers rich and authentic experiences to see words and letters as an opportunity to discover and have fun.

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By Wiley Blevins

35 Mini-Lessons With Skill-Building Activities to Help Students Tackle Multisyllabic Words and Improve Their Fluency, Vocabulary, and Comprehension

Short, weekly fluency-building activities designed by phonics expert Wiley Blevins! Gives you the tools you need to help struggling readers decode multisyllabic words-and read grade-level texts with confidence. Each activity set includes a mini-lesson that targets multisyllabic words, follow-up practice pages, a speed drill, and a "ten at a time" activity that helps students master the top 322 syllables!

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This 192-page book increases vocabulary, stimulates imagination, and boosts standards-based language arts skills. Each of the lessons teaches PSAT and/or SAT vocabulary words, which are made up of dynamic, real-life words students may encounter while reading or use in their writing. Each lesson contains definitions, pronunciation keys, parts of speech, and alternate choices for each word made up of synonyms, idioms, and/or phrases. There are several activities, including a story involving students in a classroom setting. Students complete a variety of exercises requiring critical reading and writing skills to contextualize the words. The exercises deliberately use other forms of the words as different parts of speech, so that students learn to recognize these forms as variations of the original words— further expanding their vocabulary and enabling them to use the words in more contexts. The correct spelling of vocabulary words are emphasized with the jumble activity that asks students to unscramble the word before writing the correct spelling. Whether used in the traditional classroom, as a homeschooling resource, or for independent study, Vocabulary Virtuoso is a highly effective and fun vocabulary resource! PSAT-SAT Book 2 — 180 Vocabulary Words and These Concepts: ancient Greek history, ancient Greek drama, Commedia dell’ Arte, mythological allusions in Shakespeare, Shakespeare’s London, Renaissance artists, epistolary writing, historical fiction, U.S. musical history, types of literary conflict. 192 pages. Grades 8-12. From The Critical Thinking Company. Learn More

This 208-page book increases vocabulary, stimulates imagination, and boosts standards-based language arts skills. Each of the lessons teaches PSAT and/or SAT vocabulary words, which are made up of dynamic, real-life words students may encounter while reading or use in their writing.

Each lesson contains definitions, pronunciation keys, parts of speech, and alternate choices for each word made up of synonyms, idioms, and/or phrases. There are several activities, including a story involving students in a classroom setting.

Students complete a variety of exercises requiring critical reading and writing skills to contextualize the words. The exercises deliberately use other forms of the words as different parts of speech, so that students learn to recognize these forms as variations of the original words— further expanding their vocabulary and enabling them to use the words in more contexts. The correct spelling of vocabulary words are emphasized with the jumble activity that asks students to unscramble the word before writing the correct spelling.

Whether used in the traditional classroom, as a homeschooling resource, or for independent study, Vocabulary Virtuoso is a highly effective and fun vocabulary resource!

PSAT-SAT Book 1 — 180 Vocabulary Words and These Concepts: Literary - characterization, idioms, euphemisms, puns, aphorisms, jargon, allusions, irony, theme Rhetorical - The Art of Persuasion in Speech and Writing, Using the Extended Simile to Write a Poem History - The Renaissance, Renaissance artists

208 pages. Grades 8-12. From The Critical Thinking Company. Learn More

This 224-page book uses lessons to teach 180 words that second and third grade students should know for reading, writing, and standardized tests. Each lesson includes a story involving elementary school students that introduces geography skills such as maps and landforms and creative writing skills such as symbols and poetry. Each lesson contains definitions, pronunciation keys, parts of speech, and alternate choices for each word made up of synonyms, idioms, and/or phrases. Students complete a variety of exercises requiring critical reading and writing skills to contextualize the words. The exercises use other forms of the words as different parts of speech, so that students learn to recognize these forms as variations of the original words—further expanding their vocabulary and enabling them to use the words in more contexts. This book emphasizes the correct spelling of the vocabulary words with a Jumble activity that ask students to unscramble the word before writing the correct spelling to match the definition. Whether used in the traditional classroom, as a homeschooling resource, or for independent study, Vocabulary Virtuoso: Primary Vocabulary for Academic Success is a highly effective and fun vocabulary resource! Primary Level - 180 Vocabulary Words and These Concepts:

Geography Skills - map skills and landforms such as continents, islands, mountains, and deserts

Creative Writing Skills - symbols and poetry such as haiku, chinquapin, limerick, and free verse

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Vocabulary Virtuoso increases vocabulary, stimulates imagination, and boosts standards-based language arts skills. Each of the fifteen lessons teaches 12 PSAT (Preliminary SAT–a great primer for the SAT) vocabulary words, which are made up of dynamic, real-life words students may encounter while reading or use in their writing. Each lesson contains definitions, pronunciation keys, parts of speech, and alternate choices for each word made up of synonyms, idioms, and/or phrases. Lessons also include a story involving middle school students that introduces language arts concepts such as alliteration, idioms, fallacies in reasoning, foreign words and phrases, mythology, and journalistic writing. Students complete a variety of exercises requiring critical reading and writing skills to contextualize the words. The exercises deliberately use other forms of the words as different parts of speech, so that students learn to recognize these forms as variations of the original words—further expanding their vocabulary and enabling them to use the words in more contexts. Vocabulary Virtuoso emphasizes the correct spelling of the vocabulary words with Jumble activities that ask students to unscramble the word before writing the correct spelling. Whether used in the traditional classroom, as a homeschooling resource, or for independent study, Vocabulary Virtuoso is a highly effective and fun vocabulary resource! 168 pages. Contains Answers. From The Critical Thinking Company. Grades 6-8 Learn More

This 176-page book uses fifteen lessons to teach 150 words that fourth and fifth grade students should know for reading, writing, and standardized tests. Each lesson includes a story involving elementary school students that introduces language arts concepts such as homonyms, homophones, homographs, key words, antonyms, hyperbole, fables, myths, folk tales, and speech writing. Additional stories focus on the branches of government and the constitution, scientific method and formulating a hypothesis, and the Revolutionary War. Each lesson contains definitions, pronunciation keys, parts of speech, and alternate choices for each word made up of synonyms, idioms, and/or phrases. Students complete a variety of exercises requiring critical reading and writing skills to contextualize the words. The exercises use other forms of the words as different parts of speech, so that students learn to recognize these forms as variations of the original words—further expanding their vocabulary and enabling them to use the words in more contexts. This book emphasizes the correct spelling of the vocabulary words with a Jumble activity that ask students to unscramble the word before writing the correct spelling to match the definition. Whether used in the traditional classroom, as a homeschooling resource, or for independent study, Vocabulary Virtuoso: Elementary Vocabulary for Academic Success is a highly effective and fun vocabulary resource! Elementary Level - 150 Vocabulary Words and These Concepts: homonyms, homophones, homographs, hypothesis, key words, antonyms, hyperbole, fables, myths, folk tales, essay and speech writing. From the Critical Thinking Company. 176 pages. Includes Answers. Learn More

The more words students know, the more successfully and more often they will read. "Vocabulary Skills' not only helps readers build a rich vocabulary, it provides a tool kit of word analysis strategies that increases reading comprehension skills. Bound-in answer key. 96 pages. Grade 2. From Steck-Vaughn. Learn More

Build vocabulary the fun way in Grades 4 - 8! This collection of riddles will entertain your students as well as build their PSAT and ACT vocabulary. Decoding the riddles can be an impetus for incorporating dynamic words into students' lexicons and their writing. To decode each riddle, students must identify the meaning of four vocabulary words in the riddle. A series of questions after each riddle prompts analysis of the vocabulary words using definitions, synonyms, antonyms, and parts of speech. The last activity asks students to synthesize the meaning of all four vocabulary words by choosing the sentence that explains the vocabulary riddle. To accomplish this, each of the sentence's four synonyms must be evaluated for its compatibility with the context of the riddle's four vocabulary words. Students learn to focus on:

•Definitions of words

•Parts of speech

•Synonyms and antonyms

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Presented in reproducible Blackline Master format with answer keys, the Tests add a valuable assessment resource. They feature multiple-choice questions that are compliant with standardized test formats. Types of questions include Sentence Completions, Vocabulary Application, and Analogies. Use with Vocabulary From Classical Roots Grade 6 Student Book (Item #0997). Learn More

powerful tool that complements, extends, and enriches the series, the Teacher’s Guides provide scaffolded instruction for individual learning needs. A variety of written and oral word games helps students build word-learning strategies and gives them practice using the familiar and key vocabulary words from each lesson. Use with Vocabulary From Classical Roots Grade 6 Student Book (Item #0997). From EPS. Learn More

Vocabulary from Classical Roots can be easily incorporated into any curriculum. Use the Student Books to teach word strategies as well as word etymologies. Assign exercises as independent or small group work, or incorporate them into whole class instruction. • Organized thematically • 2 roots and 8–15 words in each lesson • Dictionary-style definitions • “Challenge Words” enhance vocabulary development • Expository and creative writing prompts in all review lessons Learn More

Presented in reproducible Blackline Master format with answer keys, the Tests add a valuable assessment resource. They feature multiple-choice questions that are compliant with standardized test formats. Types of questions include Sentence Completions, Vocabulary Application, and Analogies. Use with Vocabulary From Classical Roots Grade 5 Student Book (Item #0995). Learn More

A powerful tool that complements, extends, and enriches the series, the Teacher's Guides provide scaffolded instruction for individual learning needs. A variety of written and oral word games helps students build word-learning strategies and gives them practice using the familiar and key vocabulary words from each lesson. For use with Vocabulary From Classical Roots Grade 5 Student Book (Item #0995) From EPS. Learn More

Vocabulary from Classical Roots can be easily incorporated into any curriculum. Use the Student Books to teach word strategies as well as word etymologies. Assign exercises as independent or small group work, or incorporate them into whole class instruction. • Organized thematically • 2 roots and 8–15 words in each lesson • Dictionary-style definitions • “Challenge Words” enhance vocabulary development • Expository and creative writing prompts in all review lessons Learn More

These reproducible, blackline master tests assess students' understanding of the word roots and affixes and the key words presented in Vocabulary from Classical Roots Book 4, giving a clear picture of students’ progress. There is a set of tests available for each lesson in the book, providing twelve sets in all. The set of tests for each lesson includes items for each key word, each familiar word, two test items for related affixes taught in Exercise C, and a bonus item. There are three possible test items for each key word and familiar word. This allows teachers to select the type of question they want to use and to retest students with a new question, if they wish. Answer Keys are included. For use with Vocabulary From Classical Roots Grade 4 Student Book (Item #4106). Skills Addressed • Recognizing Greek and Latin roots and affixes • Completing analogies • Recognizing correct word use • Recognizing related forms of a word • Completing sentences appropriately • Completing multiple-choice tests Learn More

For teachers using the Vocabulary from Classical Roots series, the Teacher's Guide and Answer Key is an invaluable resource. This Guide covers Book 4. The guide complements, extends, and enriches the series as it: provides scaffolding for individual learning needs. helps students access prior knowledge and make connections to new learning. offers a variety of activities that can be adapted for whole-class, small group, or independent learning situations. presents teachers with a practical and effective method for teaching vocabulary through classical roots, even when that background is not part of the teacher’s own experience. Features • Lesson-by-lesson support for group instruction and discussion • Strategies for making connections between roots, familiar words, and key words • Blackline masters to reinforce key words and related words from each lesson • Additional review activities • Vocabulary games and word-learning strategies • Answer Key Learn More

Student Books Vocabulary from Classical Roots can be easily incorporated into any curriculum. Use the Student Books to teach word strategies as well as word etymologies. Assign exercises as independent or small group work, or incorporate them into whole class instruction. • Organized thematically • Abundant literary, historical and geographical references • 2 roots and 8–15 words in each lesson • Dictionary-style definitions • “Challenge Words” enhance vocabulary development • Expository and creative writing prompts in all review lessons Skills Addressed • Greek and Latin roots • Word origins and etymologies • Synonyms and antonyms • Analogies • Word usage • Word forms • Critical thinking • Dictionary and glossary use • Test taking/assessment • Editing sentences • Homophones • Multiple-meaning words • Parts of speech • Prefixes • Suffixes • Spelling • Syllables • Writing Learn More

Presented in reproducible Blackline Master format with answer keys, the Tests add a valuable assessment resource. They feature multiple-choice questions that are compliant with standardized test formats. Types of questions include Sentence Completions, Vocabulary Application, and Analogies. From EPS.

Use with Vocabulary From Classical Roots E Student Book (Item #2259) Learn More