Latin Root idea By GT@EHE

I have not taught Latin or Greek Roots in GT but I did in the regular classroom with groups of higher readers. Each week we would choose a new root and they would create some symbol that could represent it (i.e. star=aster).

They would create a graphic organizer ( on 12 x 18 const. paper) with the root in the center within the symbol and examples of the words containing the root around it. I also let them look words up on encarta online (which gives the origin of words). My students really liked when we did the word studies. They had a chance to "discover" new words, find those same words in their readings,

and work collaboratively. I would choose a high quality chart to hang around the room. The lessons were done very casually and I really love word origins so they may have also been feeding off of my enthusiasm.
Hope the wordy explanation helped.

Good luck

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