[LIT] lit Digest, Vol 33, Issue 3

Mon Jul 7 17:36:21 EDT 2008

I use the series, "The Word within the Word" by Michael C. Thompson. He has a series for 
elementary grades, 
2-3, and middle grades 4-6 as well as the series I use in Middle School. Contact Royal 
Fireworks Publishing; 
they're on the web, and will send a catalogue. I've used this series for Greek and Latin stems 
for about six years 
now and have really liked the way he approaches the topic.
Diane Buchanan
Jones Magnet Middle School 
Hampton, VA

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> Date: Sat, 5 Jul 2008 07:12:17 -0700 (PDT)
> From: Janice Hise <jahise at sbcglobal.net>
> Subject: [LIT] Classical roots curriculum materials
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> I am looking for curriculum materials to make it less time 
> consuming for me to teach Latin and Greek roots and affixes in 7th 
> and 8th grade.  I work in an underfunded K-8 Catholic school and we 
> have decided use roots and affixes as the basis for our vocab. 
> curriculum, so I am looking for a set of blackline masters, such as 
> those from a "teacher store" or a reasonably priced curriculum from 
> an educational publisher ($250 per grade level or less).  It needs 
> to start at no later than 4th grade, preferably lower and go to 8th 
> grade.  Have you found anything worth buying?  I have a gazillion 
> lists of roots and affixes and their meanings, but these lists 
> offer few words derived from each root and these few examples are 
> not necessarily at the appropriate grade level.  I am looking for 
> something that has roots correlated to affixes correlated to a list 
> of grade-level appropriate words made from combing a given root 
> with various affixes.  Just the time of creating such a
> cross-referenced list is prohibitive for me, unless you have found 
> an internet source I have not stumbled on.  I like the approach of 
> Dynamic Literacy, but it is pricey. Any ideas?
>   
>  Jan
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> Date: Sat, 05 Jul 2008 10:50:28 -0400
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> Subject: Re: [LIT] Classical roots curriculum materials
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> Hello, 
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> ?I used a book last year called Teaching Stems-Another Branch of 
> Reading Comprehension: 5th Grade and Up (Paperback)
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> by Sheila, Statham Thompson (Author)? I loved the program
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> From: Janice Hise <jahise at sbcglobal.net>
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> I am looking for curriculum materials to make it less time 
> consuming for me to 
> teach Latin and Greek roots and affixes in 7th and 8th grade.  I 
> work in an 
> underfunded K-8 Catholic school and we have decided use roots and 
> affixes as the 
> basis for our vocab. curriculum, so I am looking for a set of 
> blackline masters, 
> such as those from a "teacher store" or a reasonably priced 
> curriculum from an 
> educational publisher ($250 per grade level or less).  It needs to 
> start at no 
> later than 4th grade, preferably lower and go to 8th grade.  Have 
> you found 
> anything worth buying?  I have a gazillion lists of roots and 
> affixes and their 
> meanings, but these lists offer few words derived from each root 
> and these few 
> examples are not necessarily at the appropriate grade level.  I am 
> looking for 
> something that has roots correlated to affixes correlated to a list 
> of 
> grade-level appropriate words made from combing a given root with 
> various 
> affixes.  Just the time of creating such a
> cross-referenced list is prohibitive for me, unless you have found 
> an internet 
> source I have not stumbled on.  I like the approach of Dynamic 
> Literacy, but it 
> is pricey. Any ideas?
>   
>  Jan
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