Explore the use of word roots in vocabulary with this selection of exercises intended to help students expand their spelling, comprehension and vocabulary. Based on word roots, prefixes and suffixes, students will learn to decipher words based on the Latin foundations, helping to expand their word bank by leaps and bounds.
Boxes at the top of the page give the word roots and their Latin meanings; exercises below first help with understanding words' correct definition, and then choosing the correct word to fit into a sentence. A pre/post test, warm-ups, extension worksheets, answers and glossary are included. 60 reproducible pages, softcover.
