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Teaching Vocabulary with Root Words Plus FREE Flashcards!

by Samantha Shank 5 Comments

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I have found the easiest way to teach reading is through phonics. That way, when a child sees a word they aren’t familiar with, they can easily sound it out. Likewise, I believe in teaching vocabulary words through root words, prefixes, and suffixes.

Do your kids struggle to learn vocabulary words?  Flash cards to help learn the root words is a great way to learn for kids of all ages. Included are FREE flash cards to study and links to great resources to help your child improve their vocabulary skills.

Why? Because when you see a word you don’t know, you can at least give a hypothetical guess on things like the SAT. As I begin to prepare for the SAT, root words have greatly come in handy.

For example:

Geology – This is an easy one. Geo means “of or relating to the earth.” Suffix -logy means “the study of.” Geology is the science and study of earth.

Hypochromia – Hypo means “under, less.” Chrom means “color” and ia is a suffix meaning “condition.”  Therefore, on the SAT or while reading, you can come to the conclusion that hypochromia is loosely a condition that has to do with less color. Hypochromia is a condition where red blood cells have less color than normal. Cool, huh?

Dehydrate – Prefix De- means “down, away” and hydro means “water.” Suffix -ate means “denoting status.” Dehydrate is a verb meaning to cause to lose a large amount of water. Through this, you can learn the adjective dehydrated and the noun dehydration.

2015 Build Your Bundle Homeschool Sale High School Bundle

More Resources for Root Words:

  • Common Root Words and Origins
  • Root Word List
  • Root Word Online Games for all grades It also comes with free printables for easy review
  • Prefix, Suffix, and Root Word Worksheets
  • Vocabulary Packets: 40 Greek and Latin Roots (grades 4-8 approx)

More Resources for Visual Vocabulary:

  • Marie’s Words Flashcards (I use them and love them! Company was founded by a teen, too.)
  • Vocabulary Cartoons: SAT Word Power

As a visual person and marketer/graphic designer in training, I created these flashcards for my own use, as well as some great design practice! They were fun to create and helped me memorize some root words in the process. They’re memorable for kinesthetic learners and visual for visual learners. With a sibling’s help, they are also great for auditory learners.

–> Download your free Root Word Flash Cards here. <–

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  1. Soozoo says

    May 7, 2015 at 10:50 PM

    The cards are gorgeous — thanks!

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  2. Brandy @ Our Thrifty Home says

    May 8, 2015 at 6:19 AM

    These are wonderful. Thank you for the freebie.

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  3. Jackie says

    August 30, 2015 at 8:34 PM

    Shalome Samantha:

    I loved the flash cards you shared.

    If you write me back I can give you some ideas of where to go to learn Hebrew.

    Jackie S.
    Romans 1:16
    A Jew 4 Jesus

    Reply
  4. Lori Mahan says

    March 8, 2018 at 9:23 PM

    Thank you for the great resource.

    Reply

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