Getting to the Roots of Mathematics Vocabulary Levels 6-8

Evangeline Newton, Rick Newton, Nancy Padak, Timothy Rasinski

• Publisher: Shell Education
• Year: 2014
• eBook ISBN:
  9781425896300
• Edition: 0

Expand your students'' content-area vocabulary and improve their understanding with this roots-based approach! This standards-based resource, geared towards secondary grades, helps students comprehend informational text on grade-level topics 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.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Credit
• Page 3 - Table of Contents
• Page 5 - Mathematics Vocabulary Research and Practice
• Page 6 - What Does Research Say About Using a Roots Approach?
• Page 7 - Why Teach with a Roots Approach?
• Page 7 - What Is a Root?
• Page 8 - Differentiating Instruction
• Page 9 - How to Use This Book
• Page 9 - Lesson Overview
• Page 11 - Tips for Implementation
• Page 12 - Introducing Each Unit
• Page 14 - Introducing Each Lesson
• Page 14 - Assessment
• Page 15 - Correlation to the Standards
• Page 16 - Standards Chart
• Page 17 - About the Authors
• Page 19 - Lesson 1: Numerical Bases/Prefixes cent(i)- and mill(i)-
• Page 27 - Lesson 2: Prefixes poly- and multi-
• Page 35 - Lesson 3: Bases integer-, integr- and frag-, fract-
• Page 43 - Lesson 4: Base fin-, finit-
• Page 51 - Lesson 5: Base vers-, vert-
• Page 59 - Lesson 1: Bases gon- and angl-, angul
• Page 67 - Lesson 2: Base later-
• Page 75 - Lesson 3: Base seg-, sec-, sect-
• Page 83 - Lesson 4: Bases iso- and equ(i)-, equat-
• Page 91 - Lesson 5: Base tang-, tag-, tig-, tact-
• Page 99 - Lesson 1: Prefixes peri- and circum-
• Page 107 - Lesson 2: Prefixes dia- and per-
• Page 115 - Lesson 3: Prefixes syn-, sym-, syl- and co-, con-, com-
• Page 123 - Lesson 4: Prefixes hypo- and sub-
• Page 131 - Lesson 5: Prefixes hyper- and super-, sur-
• Page 139 - Lesson 1: Base meter-, metr-
• Page 147 - Lesson 2: Numerical Bases dec(i)-, cent(i)-, and mill(i)-
• Page 155 - Lesson 3: Numerical Bases deca-, hect(o)-, and kil(o)-
• Page 163 - Lesson 4: Bases graph-, gram-
• Page 171 - Lesson 5: Base liter-
• Page 179 - Appendix A: Answer Key
• Page 187 - Appendix B: References Cited
• Page 189 - Appendix C: Additional Practice Activities
• Page 192 - Appendix D: Contents of the Digital Resource CD
• Thank You Page