Getting to the Roots of Science Vocabulary Levels 6-8

Nancy Padak, Timothy Rasinski

• Publisher: Shell Education
• Year: 2014
• eBook ISBN:
  9781425896317
• 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 in science 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
• Credits
• Page 3 - Table of Contents
• Page 4 - Table of Contents, cont.
• Page 5 - Science 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 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 - Unit I—Earth, Air, Fire, Water Lesson 1: Bases ge(o)- and terr-
• Page 27 - Lesson 2: Bases aer(o)- and anem(o)-
• Page 35 - Lesson 3: Bases pyr(o)- and ign-, ignit-
• Page 44 - Lesson 4: Bases hydr(o)- and aqu(a/e)-
• Page 52 - Lesson 5: Bases therm(o)- and cry(o)-
• Page 59 - Unit II—Heavenly Bodies Lesson 1: Base center-, centr(i)-
• Page 67 - Lesson 2: Parallel Bases heli(o)- and sol-
• Page 74 - Lesson 3: Parallel Bases aster-, astr(o)- and stell-
• Page 81 - Lesson 4: Parallel Bases scop-, skept- and spec-, spect-
• Page 89 - Lesson 5: Parallel Bases phos-, phot(o)- and lumin-, luc-, lucid-
• Page 97 - Unit III—The Environment Lesson 1: Base spher -
• Page 104 - Lesson 2: Base flu-, fluv-, flux-, fluct-
• Page 112 - Lesson 3: Base sed-, sid-, sess-
• Page 119 - Lesson 4: Base rupt-
• Page 128 - Lesson 5: Base cur-, curs-, cour-, cours-
• Page 135 - Unit IV—Life and the Human Body Lesson 1: Base bi(o)-
• Page 142 - Lesson 2: Base cardi(o)-
• Page 150 - Lesson 3: Bases hem(o)-, hemat(o)-, -emia, -emic
• Page 157 - Lesson 4: Bases odont- and dent-
• Page 164 - Lesson 5: Medical Suffixes -itis, -osis, and -oma
• Page 172 - Appendix A: Answer Key
• Page 178 - Appendix B: References Cited
• Page 180 - Appendix C: Additional Practice Activities
• Page 183 - Appendix D: Contents of the Digital Resource CD
• Thank You Page