momlove7
- Reviewed on Thursday, October 29, 2009
- Grades Used: 5th, 6th-
- Dates used: 2009
We are using this as part of My Father's Word Creation to Greeks as vocabulary. We are doing all of the Greek words this year and using it next year in MFW Rome to Reformation for Latin vocabulary. We love it. Each week, we create a card with our Greek word on the front. On the back of the index card, we put the derivative and on the lines, we list related vocabulary that consist of the derivative. The vocabulary are listed in the text which is a spiral bound book. I purchased index card boxes for each child to store his cards for the year. We create the cards on the 1st day day, use the dictionary to define vocab on the 2nd day, create sentences using the vocab words on the 3rd day, review the 4th day and test the 5th day. So far, my children are learning and having fun with it.
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srhkrby
- Reviewed on Tuesday, October 27, 2009
- Grades Used: 5th
- Dates used: 2009
I purchased this book based on all of these great reviews! We tried to start out with this at the beginning of the year. It is not really a book. It is more like flashcard templates. It shows you how to make your own flashcards. My son couldn't get into it. We are going to try Rummy Roots card game next. This was too boring.
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Diane S
- Reviewed on Tuesday, March 16, 2004
- Grades Used: 4th & 7th grades
- Dates used: 2003/04
We love this book! It is a book full of Latin and Greek ROOTS. Each page has one root, its meaning, and words that are formed from the root. Each week, we pick two of these (we use the flashcards) to study. We post them on our white board. The kids basically copy the cards into their notebooks, and we use them whenever we get the chance. We also got Rummy Roots card game which has been FUN and really cemented the meanings of the roots! My kids are really learning to decipher words and what they mean. I think this will be invaluable in the future! Especially on the SAT's if they choose to go to college.
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B. Carfizzi
- Reviewed on Tuesday, March 05, 2002
- Grades Used: na
- Dates used: 2001-2002
This is not a workbook. I would not even call it a course. The book is full of greek and latin words. One per page. You can either buy the flashcards which are identical to the pages or the book instructs you to make them or have the child make them. My boy makes them because he remembers the word easier this way. Each page shows the flashcard exactly like you'll make it. We take 3 x 5 index cards and outline it in green for greek and red for latin. Then the word goes on the front such as the greek word tele. Then the definition goes on the top line of the back. Then words that are derived from it go after. You pick the ones you want to record. Example: telephone - tele means far away, distant and phone means sound. Telephone means sound from far away.
Each page also includes teaching notes and suggestions for introducing each word. For tele there is a paragraph telling about a battle between the Persians and the Athenians and how that gives us the modern word telethon Most pages also give extra words derived from the featured word and explains the origins.
There are about 100 words in the book. I introduce one every week and we use the flash cards to call out the ones we have already learned. Takes about 5 minutes for the whole thing.
Why learn these words? Well if you know the root words meaning, you can generally decipher the rest of the word and the spelling. Also, my 8 year old asked his piano teacher what the funny looking thing on the piano was and she said it was a metronome and explained what it is used for. My son replied, that comes from the greek word metron which means to measure. Piano teacher replied, Really?. I can just envision the possibilities this will present for high school.
The book costs about $28.00 but we will probably use it for 3 or 4 grades because we only use one word a week. Multiple kids can compete calling out the meanings from the cards.
Its just one of those things that make homeschool so special.
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