Struggling readers really benefit from learning about word parts. Just like when learning to read, when they start recognizing familiar word parts is opens up the meanings of new words.
Some word part work lately focused on roots and has looked like this:
Some word part work lately focused on roots and has looked like this:
I found this sort on The Curriculum Corner and I really like it. I printed the cards off on different colors to help keep the game organized. The blue cards are the root wards, the green ones are words that contain the root, and the pink cards are the definitions of the roots.
The best way I found to use this sort was to layout all of the root words (blue cards). Then students found the words (green cards) that used the roots. From their knowledge of that example word, they talked it out to find the definition of the the roots (pink cards). Then they added the information to the answer sheet and as a group came up with one more example word that contained the root.
The best way I found to use this sort was to layout all of the root words (blue cards). Then students found the words (green cards) that used the roots. From their knowledge of that example word, they talked it out to find the definition of the the roots (pink cards). Then they added the information to the answer sheet and as a group came up with one more example word that contained the root.
We used the tree in the picture above to discuss several words with one root and how to determine what unknown words mean when we know the root.
Note: **We found there was a mistake on one of the example word cards (green). The word "cyclops" is misspelled.**