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Are you looking for an engaging and impactful professional development (PD) session for your in-service or pre-service teachers? This vocabulary-focused PD offers a dynamic presentation that starts with an interactive icebreaker, sparking “aha” moments for participants. The session equips educators with a variety of instructional strategies and activities, making vocabulary concepts more accessible and engaging for students. By participating, teachers will enhance their ability to tailor their teaching methods to diverse learning styles, allowing for seamless integration of vocabulary instruction into their existing curriculum.

Professional Development (PD)

This PowerPoint-based PD is designed to provide teachers with fresh, engaging ideas for teaching vocabulary strategies to students. The presentation is fully customizable, allowing you to adjust it to meet the specific needs of your teachers or school environment.

Key Features:

• 19 Editable PowerPoint slides
• Real-world photos that support learning concepts
• Research-based instructional strategies
• A practical, time-saving end-of-session activity to help teachers apply their new skills immediately

Professional Learning unity (PLC)

This presentation is also ideal for use during PLC meetings with smaller groups of teachers. During these sessions, educators can discuss and exchange ideas on the newly introduced vocabulary strategies, as well as share their own experiences and best practices. Future PLC meetings can include follow-ups using vocabulary or language arts data, fostering collaboration and continuous learning among colleagues.

This PD session is a flexible tool, offering structured yet adaptable content to empower teachers with strategies that enrich their students’ vocabulary and language arts skills.

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Greek and Latin Roots Words Weekly Lists, Quizzes, and Tests UNIT ONE:

This Latin and Greek Stems and Roots UNIT ONE file includes:

• Weekly lists (10 words on each list for eight weeks)
• A mid-week matching quizzes
• End-of-week tests (which are progressive and include stems from prior weeks)
• Final test with all 80 stems/roots

The test at the end of each week has 20 questions (except the first week only has 10 because there isn't an established pool to pull additional parts yet). For the ninth week, there is a final test with all 80 Latin and Greek Stems and Roots.

Since each week builds on the previous week, the retention of information remains high. My students will keep a ring with the stems and roots flashcards on them in their desks/backpacks and will add ten new stems each week, so that they can study ALL the stems each week, not just the new ones for that week.

Why should students learn to use Latin and Greek stems and roots?

• It is part of the COMMON CORE CURRICULUM
• Latin makes unknown English words more accessible
• Children who have studied Latin score higher on standardized tests including SAT, ACT, M-CAT
• It gives children a set of terms to help them unlock unknown words by using word parts
• Studying common Latin stems helps children with math and science vocabulary

This file is the FIRST UNIT (a total of NINE weeks).

♥ If you would like to check out the SECOND UNIT (an additional NINE weeks), click here:

UNIT TWO

♥ If you would like to purchase the BUNDLED UNIT ONE AND UNIT TWO files together at a reduced price, click here: BUNDLED UNIT ONE AND TWO

NOTE: THIS FILE INCLUDES A DIGITAL DISTANCE LEARNING OPTION!

This product includes a digital option (as well as the no prep printable option). The instructions for utilizing the digital portion appear at the end of the packet.

Greek and Latin Root Words Weekly Lists, Quizzes, and Tests BUNDLE:

This Latin and Greek roots and stems UNIT ONE AND UNIT TWO BUNDLE is perfect for teachers who want their students to learn common Greek and Latin roots. Each unit includes:

• Weekly lists (10 words on each list for eight weeks)
• A mid-week matching quiz
• An end of week test (which is progressive and includes stems from prior weeks)

These files can be used for ANY grade level, but have mostly been used with 3rd, 4th, 5th, and 6th grade students.

NOTE: The test at the end of each week includes 20 word parts (except the first week only has 10 because there isn't an established pool to pull additional parts yet). For the ninth week, there is a final test with all 80 word stems/roots.

Since each week builds on the previous week, the retention of information remains high. As an added activity, my own students keep a ring with flashcards on them in their desks/backpacks and will add ten new stems each week, so that they can study ALL the stems each week, not just the new ones for that week.

This file is the FIRST UNIT AND THE SECOND UNIT. Each Unit has 8 weeks of new words with an additional week to review and test.

Please take a look at the individual files here:

• UNIT ONE: LATIN AND GREEK STEMS AND ROOTS
• UNIT TWO: LATIN AND GREEK STEMS AND ROOTS

Why should students learn to use Latin and Greek stems and roots?

• It is part of the COMMON CORE CURRICULUM
• Latin makes unknown English words more accessible
• Children who have studied Latin score higher on standardized tests including SAT, ACT, M-CAT
• It gives children a set of terms to help them unlock unknown words by using word parts
• Studying common Latin stems helps children with math and science vocabulary

NOTE: THESE FILES INCLUDE A DIGITAL DISTANCE LEARNING OPTION!

These products include a digital option in Google Slides™ (as well as the no prep printable option). The digital portion instructions appear at the end of each packet.