Children first experience the verb as an “action word.” These presentations introduce another superpower of the verb: its ability to tell time! Actions may disappear at some point in time; some are not constant, and actions have differing lengths of time. Our goal is to bring this awareness of time to the conscious level, by further analyzing children’s speech and writing. Children are probably already using these tenses more or less correctly in speech. We are crystallizing that existing knowledge with a name and a conceptual understanding, so that children can more consciously communicate with intention, expression, and clarity, and so that they can better understand the words of others.
This prefix word study is more than a matching game. Children learn how to ‘break’ prefixes off a word and then come up with a definition based on the parts.
A problem I saw in other word study programs was that children would match word parts to find words that “sounded right”, but they never learned what the prefixes actually meant. Due to the complex layers of English writing, this is an essential skill for students as they move to more complex text.
This prefix word study is more than a matching game. Children learn how to ‘break’ prefixes off a word and then come up with a definition based on the parts.
A problem I saw in other word study programs was that children would match word parts to find words that “sounded right”, but they never learned what the prefixes actually meant. Due to the complex layers of English writing, this is an essential skill for students as they move to more complex text.
Printable Montessori Word Study Material for synonym study. Includes eight lists, 18 words each (144 word cards total) with the answers included. The lists increase in difficulty as you continue through the set. Set 1 is easier than set 2. Our word study program relies heavily on root words, prefixes and suffixes and that philosophy…
