The ability to identify and define base words or roots, prefixes, and suffixes is essential to decoding unfamiliar words. This series provides students with opportunities to examine words and understand their meanings in order to improve vocabulary and fluency. The teacher-friendly lessons and practice activities engage students in the study of words, their meanings, and proper usage. Correlated to the Common Core State Standards.

Can ghoti really be pronounced fish? Why is "o" short in glove and love, but long in rove and cove? Why do English words carry such extra baggage as the silent "b" in doubt, the silent "k" in knee, and the silent "n" in autumn? And why do names like Phabulous Phoods and Hi-Ener-G stand out? Addressing these and many other questions about letters and the sounds they make, this engaging volume provides a comprehensive analysis of American English spelling and pronunciation. Venezky illuminates the fully functional system underlying what can at times be a bewildering array of exceptions, focusing on the basic units that serve to signal word form or pronunciation, where these units can occur within words, and how they relate to sound. Also examined are how our current spelling system has developed, efforts to reform it, and ways that spelling rules or patterns are violated in commercial usage. From one of the world's foremost orthographic authorities, the book affords new insight into the teaching of reading and the acquisition and processing of spelling sound relationships.

Receive a discounted price of $2.99 per book when 10 or more copies are ordered, see item #8159!These flexible assessments can be used both in correlation with the Primary Sources kits or as stand-alone practice pieces for a variety of standardized tests.The Student Edition contains an assessment with the following types of questions: multiple choice, constructed-response, and documents leading to a DBQ (Document-Based Question) task. BOOK 1-9 COPIES.

The Teacher's Guide includes lesson plans with detailed notes about words from each root, overhead transparencies for introductory activities, standards-based connections, and differentiation strategies. A resource CD is also included with 50 bonus activities to support a variety of learning styles.

Vocabulary-building exercises for grades 4 through 8.

Dive into prefixes and suffixes where students in grades 2–4 will expand their vocabularies and improve their word knowledge. Starting with Prefixes and Suffixes is a standards-based resource that introduces common Latin and Greek prefixes and suffixes and presents them in ways that are easy to understand and apply. Each lesson provides necessary content explanations, instructional guidelines, and activities to help students decipher meaning by analyzing work parts and word groups. Additional resources are offered to assist teachers facilitate learning with an appendix offering more activities, extensions, and flashcards. This resource is correlated to College and Career Readiness and other state standards.