Vocabulary through Morphemes Student Book: suffixes, prefixes, and roots for intermediate and secondary grades

As students come to understand the connections and patterns within the English language, they become independent readers, better spellers, and more critical thinkers in all content areas!

Vocabulary Through Morphemes, Third Edition, teaches students the most common Greek, Latin and Anglo-Saxon suffixes, prefixes and roots, fostering a deeper understanding of the English language. Students enthusiastically explore the fascinating world of morphology by learning how to analyse word structure and use context clues to find meaning. Systematic, structured, explicitly taught lessons unlock the keys to the patterns and origins of words, building vocabulary in a way that sticks.

Featuring nearly 100 lessons in morphology, this program focuses on vocabulary and fluency development. Students learn to decode words through morphemes (suffixes, prefixes, and roots) and to understand common prefixes and roots. Students also study analogies, related word families, and synonyms and antonyms. Detailed lesson plans provide structured, systematic instruction that helps students grasp new words and their meanings with ease.

• Save time—each lesson can be taught in just 20 minutes
• Improve spelling skills, fluency, vocabulary, and, ultimately, comprehension
• Assess students at various points in the program

The Third Edition of the consumable Student Book includes the worksheets and activities that students use to explore the connections and patterns in the English language. It covers word histories, analogies, word relationships, synonyms, and antonyms using instructional pages, games, activities, and assessments:

• 88 lessons explicitly teach how compound words convey meaning, how suffixes and context influence syntax, and how prefixes and roots influence spelling and word meaning.
• Formative and summative assessments track application and acquisition.
• Bonus Multisensory Activities feature engaging word-building and word-sorting activities that make word work fun!
• Word Games, Graphic Organisers, and Word Art activities are included in the appendices - these collaboration-based activities can be applied to any lesson.

The 2nd edition of the accompanying Teacher's Guide is still available and is compatible with this 3rd edition Student Book. Whilst the new edition of the Student Book does add some new material, the changes to the lessons in the Student Book are minor and do not materially impact the use of the Teacher's Guide.

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