Expand your students'' content-area vocabulary and improve their understanding with this roots-based approach! This standards-based resource, geared towards third 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 3
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Getting to the Roots of Content-Area Vocabulary Level 3
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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: Negative Prefix in-
- Page 26 - Lesson 2: Prefix co-, con-
- Page 32 - Lesson 3: Prefixes com- and col-
- Page 38 - Lesson 4: Base port-
- Page 44 - Lesson 5: Bases mov-, mot-, and mobil-
- Page 50 - Unit I Review
- Page 52 - Lesson 1: Prefixes e- and ex-
- Page 58 - Lesson 2: Directional Prefix in-
- Page 64 - Lesson 3: Prefix sub-
- Page 70 - Lesson 4: Prefixes semi- and hemi-
- Page 76 - Lesson 5: Base vid-, vis-
- Page 82 - Unit II Review
- Page 84 - Lesson 1: Numerical Prefixes uni- and unit-
- Page 90 - Lesson 2: Numerical Prefix bi-
- Page 96 - Lesson 3: Numerical Prefix tri-
- Page 102 - Lesson 4: Numerical Prefixes quadr- and quart-
- Page 108 - Lesson 5: Numerical Prefix cent-
- Page 114 - Unit III Review
- Page 115 - Appendix A: Answer Key
- Page 122 - Appendix B: References Cited
- Page 124 - Appendix C: Additional Practice Activities
- Page 130 - Appendix D: Additional Assessment Activities
- Page 147 - Appendix E: Sample Content-Area Words
- Page 155 - Appendix F: Flashcards
- Page 171 - Appendix G: Contents of the Digital Resource CD
- Thank You Page