Greek & Latin Roots: Keys to Building Vocabulary

by Timothy V. Rasinski, Nancy D. Padak

An invaluable resource for teachers, Greek and Latin Keys to Building Vocabulary enhances your classroom instruction. When you have an in-depth understanding of how to incorporate word roots into vocabulary lessons in all content areas, you’re much better able to assist your students in learning. Greek and Latin Roots is suitable for K-12 teachers and provides the latest research on strategies, ideas, and resources for teaching roots including prefixes, suffixes, and bases to help learners develop vocabulary, improve their comprehension, and ultimately read more effectively. This knowledge translates across a variety of subjects to enrich students’ learning, and it also goes beyond traditional content areas. Ideas on how to plan and adapt vocabularyinstruction for English language learners are included to help achieve successful results in diverse classrooms. Learn strategies to help small children grasptheir native language or learna second language, and discover waysto expose students at all levels to the idea of a multicultural society and help prepare them to function successfully ininternational cultures. About Shell Education Rachelle Cracchiolo started the company with a friend and fellow teacher. Both were eager to share their ideas andpassion for education with other classroom leaders. What began as a hobby, selling lesson plans to local stores, became a part-time job after a full day of teaching, and eventually blossomed into Teacher Created Materials. The story continued in 2004 withthe launch of Shell Education and the introduction of professional resources and classroom application books designed to support Teacher Created Materials curriculum resources. Today, Teacher Created Materials and Shell Education are two of the most recognized names in educational publishing around the world.

Genres: Nonfiction, Professional Development, Education

208 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2008

Reviews

[Kaci Renee · Rating 4 out of 5]

Textbook for class lol

[Balamurugan Krishnamoorthy · Rating 4 out of 5]

Wonderful history of Britain & how it impacted Word roots.

[Liz · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great teacher book about how to teach vocabulary. 90% of 2-syllable words have Greek or Latin roots. If you know that the root cur/cour means "run", you can use it to help figure out the meaning of accurate, precursor, concurrent, etc. Research shows that kids can only learn 6-8 fresh vocabulary words a week. But each Latin roots generates 5-20 words so this is a much more efficient way to teach vocabulary. I have already started using some of the ideas in my classroom and am loving it.

[Bruce · Rating 3 out of 5]

I would recommend the book; it contains some great information. However, it seems a little repetitive at times and not as cohesive as it could.

[Jennifer · Rating 5 out of 5]

Hoping these strategies will help my Ap kids on ACT/SAT endeavours.

[Kiira · Rating 2 out of 5]

I would totally read an entire dictionary instead! -.-

I was expecting more of Greek and Latin (no pun intended). But the only last chapter was somewhat useful.

[Oz · Rating 4 out of 5]

This unlocked some of the more confusing parts of the English language for me, both as a speaker and future teacher. Will be holding onto this book as a reference point for the foreseeable.