The Learning Works: Prefixes and Suffixes, Grades 4-8: Teaching Vocabulary to Improve Reading Comprehension [Paperback]

Trisha Callella (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 2004

The national standards require that sutdents beginning at 4th grade use their knowledge of prefixes and suffixes to determine the meaning of words. Each of the 30 units in this book includes a word list, vocabulary sort words, review game cards, and a vocabulary quiz. Students will learn over 300 vocabulary words and become more comfortable "disecting" words and defining their parts.

Product Details

• Paperback: 144 pages
• Publisher: Creative Teaching Press (April 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0881603805
• ISBN-13: 978-0881603804
• Product Dimensions: 10.8 x 8.4 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #30,230 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fabulous alternative for your greatest spellers, November 2, 2008

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K. R. Verham "krv--" - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Learning Works: Prefixes and Suffixes, Grades 4-8: Teaching Vocabulary to Improve Reading Comprehension (Paperback)

I am using this for those students in my class who breeze through the Language Arts spelling words every week. I give a pretest on Monday. If a student misses fewer than five out of twenty of the spelling words, they study these vocabulary words instead. The book is organized wonderfully well, so that you can assign one prefix or suffix each week. The author gives you a list of ten words with the pre- or suffix (for visual learners), a page with the words and meanings mixed up so they have to cut it apart and match them up again (for your tactile learners) and then a multiple choice test where the students must determine which word fits into the sentence (very difficult - student needs to apply their knowledge and comprehension of the word to determine in which sentence the word would work.) I highly recommend this book for grades 4 through 6 - it is a challenge for my highest students! Mainstream students in higher grades (7 -8) would still find it challenging.

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Awesome for Word Study, October 25, 2009

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pigpen "penny for your thoughts" (Buffalo, NY) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: The Learning Works: Prefixes and Suffixes, Grades 4-8: Teaching Vocabulary to Improve Reading Comprehension (Paperback)

I bought this to help me with word study in my classroom. I teach 6th grade reading and English to students who are struggling in those areas. Part of our IIP at school is to teach about 10 different prefixes per grade level. I actually needed to purchase this green book and the red prefix book, to get all the prefixes I needed. Anyways, the purchase has been well worth it. It has about 5 actvities/worksheets per prefix, plus a quiz. Usually when I buy books like this I end up modifying everything, but not this time. I really like what is in here. Well worth the money, saves me time from creating the material myself and the kids have learned so much! They are applying what was learned in previous lessons to new lessons. These series of books were actually recommended to me by another teacher in my district. She loves them too.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Good book, February 26, 2011

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J. LaSalle (Springfield, MO United States) - See all my reviews
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I was using this in my language arts classes in a middle school resource room. I had to give it up the last couple months, because there is just never enough time, but the students actually enjoyed the games suggested in the book and learned the words!