Do-
- Teach your children these important prefixes: -un, -re, -in, -dis
- Create a Sticky-Note New Word Day
- Read lots of books, read aloud
- Teach morphemes, context, and how to use the dictionary to learn more words
- Teach them to monitor their vocabulary knowledge, so when they have a question about a word they know to go look it up
- Bore students with endless amounts of definition
- Let kids think the when they see the letters -un, -re, -in, -dis that it is automatically going to mean something because there are lots of exceptions (uncle)
The picture on the right is an activity called different shades of emotions which is to show students that their are different words than just sad, tired, mad, happy, and etc.The picture to the left shows an activity where a word is read and the first to identify gets to add a card to their pile and whoever has the most cards at the end wins for the day. This allows children to learn and be encouraged by other classmates.
Discussion Question-
On page 109 in our book it says that vocabulary experts tend to disagree on whether Latin and Greek roots should be taught. I learned these when I was a junior in high school and found them very helpful. Do you think they should be taught and if so at what age would they be most beneficial?
I absolutely think it is helpful for word roots to be taught in school. They help with deciphering unfamiliar words! I never learned them in school, but my dad would teach me a few at home and I was always intrigued. He taught them to me like "fun facts" and I ate it all up. So I think it we would be doing well to teach them in elementary school--as long as we make it fun information to know!
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