It is such common sense! Teach students as many root words, prefixes, suffixes, focus on the cognates – not only for ELLs but also for our students who will eventually take a foreign language – -wow – -what an efficient way to build a vocabulary. Teach kids the strategies – -look for the root, look for any pre/suf – -then look to the context. I will definitely be incorporating this strategy into my future vocabulary lessons.
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