The Critical Thinking Co.™ - Word Roots

Word Roots
Learning the Building Blocks of Better Spelling and Vocabulary

Cranium Crackers

Empowers students with unlimited vocabulary, preparing them for testing and higher education!

Grades: 3 - 12+
Subject: Language Arts


  Word Roots teaches your child the meanings of Latin and Greek prefi xes, roots, and suffi xes commonly used in English. Learning word elements dramatically improves spelling and the ability to decode unfamiliar words. Word Roots will add hundreds of words to your students’ vocabulary and greater depth to their thinking and writing.

Methods
In each lesson, students fi rst learn the meanings of prefi xes, roots, and suffi xes. Then they:
  Divide known and unknown words into their elements or assemble elements to form whole words.
  Match word parts or whole words to their definitions by analyzing their meanings
  Apply their new vocabulary in sentences.

Teaching Support
The books include a pretest/posttest, answers, and a dictionary of words derived from Latin or Latin/Greek roots. The software includes help and hints, automatic grading, and printable scores.

Software Features
  Gr. 4-12+: A1 and A2 –Latin, 30 activities
  Gr. 7-12+: B1–Latin and Greek, 54 activities
  Can be played with or without automatic grading
  Self-tutoring for independent study
  On-screen and printable instructions
  On-screen hints
  Self-grading - Printable scores
  Saves unfinished games

Books or Software?
Choose one or the other. Whichever you choose, you can't go wrong.