1 Flip-a-Chip: Examining Affixes and Roots to Build Vocabulary Resource Type: Lessons Discipline: Reading Grades: Grades 6–8 Professional Commentary: In this lesson, students are introduced to the Flip-a-Chip vocabulary activity. To begin the activity and model the procedures, teachers show how prefixes, suffixes, and roots can be combined to form new words.... 2 You Can't Spell the Word Prefix Without a Prefix Resource Type: Lessons Discipline: Reading Grades: Grades 6–8 Professional Commentary: Starting with the premise that word study is intriguing and fun, students work in cooperative groups to identify, define, and construct words using a list of preselected prefixes. Students guess at initial meanings and spellings of words, then correct misspellings using spelling strategies developed by their work groups.... 3 Vocabulary: The Key to Improving Comprehension Resource Type: Lessons Discipline: Reading Grades: Grades 2–5 Professional Commentary: This resource describes two activities for helping students to learn unfamiliar words so they can comprehend texts more fully. The mini-lessons, designed for primary and intermediate classrooms, encourage students to make connections between what they know about words and what they need to know in order to understand texts better.... 4 Improve Comprehension Using a Word Card Game With Root Words and Affixes Discipline: Reading Grades: Grades 6–8 Professional Commentary: In this lesson, students practice analyzing word meanings by learning root words and affixes. They work in a variety of ways with a list of about 20 common but challenging words which are presented in context.... 5 Hit or Myth: Exploring Mythology from Ancient Civilizations Around the World Resource Type: Lessons Discipline: Reading Grades: Grades 8–10 Professional Commentary: This resource uses a feature article from the New York Times to discuss the ways in which ancient myths are portrayed in popular culture. After reading several myths, students compare and contrast the myths of different ancient cultures and create children's books based on a myth.... |