Did you know that Greek and Latin roots make up 90% of English words of two or more syllables? Having an extensive vocabulary is key to students reading comprehension. By adopting the strategies in this book, teachers will help their students read more effectively, setting a foundation for lifelong learning and reading success. This teacher-friendly resource written by Timothy Rasinski, Nancy Padak, Rick M. Newton, and Evangeline Newton provides the latest research on how to teach Greek and Latin roots. It includes anecdotes from teachers who have adopted these strategies and how they play out in today s classrooms. With a research-based rationale for addressing vocabulary in the classroom, this K-12 resource is full of strategies for increasing reading comprehension, instructional planning, and building a word-rich learning environment to support all students including English language learners.

Leveled passages with ready-to-use assessment pages help teachers quickly screen students for reading problems, such as low word recognition, poor fluency rate, and inadequate comprehension. Rubrics and grade-level norms make interpreting the data simple and easy, and record-keeping forms allow teachers to document and monitor student performance all year long. Meets Reading First guidelines.

KEY BENEFIT: Two of today's most respected literacy educators provide aspiring and veteran teachers alike with practical, workable, fresh approaches to word study that students find authentic, engaging, and enjoyable. KEY TOPICS: Word study and fluency; assessment; instructional routines; using authentic texts; teaching phonemic awareness; onsets, rimes, and basic phonic patterns; teaching advanced word patterns; understanding word walls, word banks, and word sorts; making and writing words; contextual word recognition; LEAs; word games; using spelling in word learning; reading fluency; teaching phonics and fluency; involving parents. MARKET: Aspiring and in-service pre-K and elementary teachers, reading specialists, and coaches

Helping teachers move beyond fluency as measured by speed alone, this book focuses on building the skills that students need to read accurately, meaningfully, and expressively - the essential components of reading comprehension. Each concise chapter presents a tried-and-true instructional or assessment strategy and shows how K-12 teachers can apply it in their own classrooms, using a wide variety of engaging texts. Special features include classroom examples, Your Turn activities, and 23 reproducible forms, in a large-size format for easy photocopying. Purchasers also get access to a Web page where they can download and print the reproducible materials.