Expand your students'' content-area vocabulary and improve their understanding with this roots-based approach! This standards-based resource, geared towards fourth grade, helps students comprehend informational text on grade-level topics in science, social studies, and mathematics using the most common Greek and Latin roots. Each lesson provides tips on how to introduce the selected roots and offers guided instruction to help easily implement the activities. Students will be able to apply their knowledge of roots associated with specific subject areas into their everyday vocabulary.

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Getting to the Roots of Content-Area Vocabulary Level 4
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Getting to the Roots of Content-Area Vocabulary Level 4
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0Table of contents
- Cover
- Credits
- Page 3 - Table of Contents
- Page 4 - Table of Contents (cont.)
- Page 5 - Content-Area Vocabulary Research and Practice
- Page 5 - What Does Research Say About Using a Roots Approach?
- Page 7 - What Is a Root?
- Page 7 - What Do Prefixes and Suffixes Do?
- Page 8 - What Is Assimilation?
- Page 9 - Types of Assimilation
- Page 10 - Why Teach with a Roots Approach?
- Page 11 - Differentiating Instruction
- Page 12 - How to Use This Book
- Page 14 - Tips for Implementation
- Page 15 - Introducing Each Lesson
- Page 15 - Assessment
- Page 16 - Correlation to the Standards
- Page 17 - Standards Chart
- Page 18 - About the Authors
- Page 20 - Lesson 1: Prefix inter-
- Page 26 - Lesson 2: Prefix trans-
- Page 32 - Lesson 3: Prefix pro-
- Page 38 - Lesson 4: Base terr-
- Page 44 - Lesson 5: Suffixes -(o)logy and -ologist
- Page 50 - Unit I Review
- Page 52 - Lesson 1: Prefix de-
- Page 58 - Lesson 2: Prefix tele-
- Page 64 - Lesson 3: Prefix micro-
- Page 70 - Lesson 4: Bases graph- and gram-
- Page 76 - Lesson 5: Base voc-, -voke
- Page 82 - Unit II Review
- Page 83 - Lesson 1: Prefix per-
- Page 89 - Lesson 2: Prefix multi-
- Page 95 - Lesson 3: Base seg-, sec-, sect-
- Page 101 - Lesson 4: Base angl-, angul-
- Page 107 - Lesson 5: Base trac-, tract-
- Page 113 - Unit III Review
- Page 115 - Appendix A: Answer Key
- Page 123 - Appendix B: References Cited
- Page 125 - Appendix C: Additional Practice Activities
- Page 132 - Appendix D: Additional Assessment Activities
- Page 149 - Appendix E: Sample Content-Area Words
- Page 157 - Appendix F: Flashcards
- Page 173 - Appendix G: Contents of the Digital Resource CD
- Thank You Page