Red Hot Root Words, Book 1 (Red Hot Root Words) (Red Hot Root Words)

a must for all teachers in grades 5 and up. really helps to teach the latin and greek roots. students really start to 'get it' when learning how to decode and learn words.

This product came promptly and in great condition. It was an updated approach to mastering vocabulary for upper elementary grades including prefixes, suffixes and root words. It is broken down into management assignments for the busy classroom teacher, coming with definiton and practice work on the same page.

Prefixes, roots and suffixes-linguistic building blocks that are fairly nonfunctional by themselves, but string them together and you get a wonderful array of words that make up the English language. By gaining a familiarity with these building blocks, it becomes easy to unlock the meanings of thousands of words. The lessons in Red Hot Root Words are perfect to introduce the most frequently-used prefixes, roots and suffixes. This clear, straightforward presentation will not only introduce new vocabulary, but will also develop skills for understanding the meanings of many common English words.

This book is very useful in teaching both prefixes, suffixes and root words, while also teaching new vocabulary. It is also fun, and not all busy work, so children will not get bored of it. It is definitely worth buying!