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Fun With Greek & Latin Roots (Ages 9-12)

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Ages 9-12
Live Group Class
In this ongoing class, students will "play" with Greek & Latin roots, making nonsense words to examine the roots' meanings.
Average rating:
5.0
Number of reviews:
(17 reviews)

Live video meetings
1x per week
4-10 learners per class
30 min

What's included

1 live meeting
30 mins in-class hours per week
Assessment
Students have the option of taking a self-grading online quiz to apply what they learn in the lesson. This score is for informational purposes only.
Grading
For families wishing to have a record of a student's quiz scores, this can be provided, along with a final percentage grade based on the student's performance on the quizzes.

Class Experience

US Grade 4 - 6
Beginner Level
Greek and Latin roots, along with prefixes and suffixes, are the basis of many English words.  Through this ongoing class, students will be able to “play with” Greek and Latin roots paired with a variety of prefixes and suffixes.  Each class with focus on two or three roots and a few prefixes and/or suffixes that will repeat throughout the lessons.  Students will have fun thinking of words with the targeted roots and making up nonsense words to help cement the vocabulary into memory.  Students are invited to keep a word journal in a small notebook to document the roots, prefixes, and suffixes they learn through the class sessions.  Students may come to classes as often as they like; the roots will repeat but not within 15 consecutive sessions.  

This class is geared toward upper elementary and early middle school students.  Ages 9-12.  This is a synchronous class; looking for an asynchronous option that fits your schedule?  Check out my listings for the FLEX class!

Class length: 30 minutes

Typical class structure:

5 minutes: introduction and rules review, quick review of previous roots

5 minutes: review of the relevant prefixes and/or suffixes for the class

2 minutes: introduction of the new roots

2 minutes: BRAINSTORM!

6 minutes: word games using the roots, prefixes, and suffixes plus sharing of “nonsense” words

6 minutes: review of actual English words/definitions using the targeted roots (students may record in word journal)

1 minute: closing review, questions, goodbye

Supplies: Students will need paper and writing utensil.  Students are encouraged to keep a digital or hard copy word journal to refer back to throughout the lessons; the word journal is optional.

Learning Goals

Students will learn how to break apart unfamiliar vocabulary
Students will learn how to identify the meaning of word parts

Other Details

Supply List
Students will be provided with pdf handouts that summarize the key vocabulary in each lesson.  Students may wish to print these and house them in a binder or notebook.  Additionally, students may want to keep a "rootinary" - a dictionary of the roots, prefixes, suffixes and related vocabulary; students will need a binder or notebook to create this.
External Resources
Learners will not need to use any apps or websites beyond the standard Outschool tools.

Meet the teacher

Joined July, 2020
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Teacher expertise and credentials
North Carolina Teaching Certificate in English/Language Arts
Master's Degree in Education from North Carolina State University
I have been an English/Language Arts teacher for over a decade.  I developed this curriculum when teaching reading support classes to increase proficiently in word decoding and comprehension.  

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