A lesson on how to teach root words through gradual development.

1. More than a
Vocabulary Lesson
DEVELOPING STRUCTURE ANALYSIS:
SARAH WHITTEN

2. Developing Word Structure
 Purpose: to improve word knowledge and vocabulary
 How to: Familiarizing students with the basics of morphology: affixes
and root words, as well as their meanings
 Future Help: Students will be able to utilize knowledge in future to
figure out word meanings by manipulating the different word part.
 (Fisher and Frey, 2012, p. 44-45)

3. Break it down
 Teach root words and their
meanings
 Teach affixes and their meanings
 Suffixes
 Prefixes
 Teach how by putting word
meanings together you can
manipulate and discover the
meaning of the combined word
 Fun activities to learn root words
such as: bingo lingo, building a
word, growing from root words
 http://www.internet4classrooms.c
om/grade_level_help/language_r
oot_words_language_arts_sixth_6t
h_grade.htm

4. Apply skill
Give students opportunities to utilize their skill within a
safe environment: within the classroom.
http://www.aasd.k12.wi.us/staff/boldtkatherine/readingf
un3-6/readingfun_prefixessuffixesroots.htm

5. Engage the students in more than
one learning style
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watch?v=ZOJrjNR7ZZM
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watch?v=H2Z4p0au1yk

6. Alliteration
Word Break Apart
and Meaning
Al: to/add (Latin)
Litera: Letter (Latin)
Tion: state (Latin)
http://dictionary.reference.co
m/browse/alliteration?s=t
Combining Word
Parts Meaning
State of adding Letters
Definition of Word
& Use
The literary device in which a
letter, mainly a consonant is
repeated
http://dictionary.reference.co
m/browse/alliteration?s=t