Red Hot Root Words

Really engages kids and gets them interested in Latin!

As a tutor, I look for textbooks that cover the basics in short lessons that are not too difficult for English learners too. Students need to know enough prefixes, suffixes and roots to help in learning and remembering new vocabulary; I recommend this book because it uses useful vocabulary in examples and the lessons are not too time-consuming for students; I have used it with over 50 students.

Please note that Book 1 is NOT the first of two books as the title implies. I purchased Book 1 and Book 2 thinking that it would be a complete set. Instead, it is the same material created for two different age groups. Book 1 is for young children, no older than elementary age. Book 2 has all of the information found in Book 1 plus more and adding suffixes. So, if you want a good book that will cover prefixes, root words, and suffixes, you should skip this book and simply purchase Book 2.I like the games and workbook format of this book, and I think that young children would enjoy using this. It will help them to learn vocabulary words more easily in the future. Also, vocabulary words are included in each lesson in a way that reinforces the concept being taught in the lesson.If you have advanced elementary aged students, or any older students (including ESL students) I would highly recommend skipping this book and just buying book two. If you have early learners and you need fun ideas for teaching vocabulary, this book is for you.

I love this book! It is exactly what I needed. I teach ESL students who need a lot of instruction in root words, suffixes, and prefixes to help them unlock the meanings of new vocabulary words. By learning these root words and affixes, my students will learn hundreds of new words with greater ease! This book is very user friendly and has a nice layout. I especially love that it has review pages and extra ideas for how to practice the roots they've learned with games. It's truly a red hot book!!!!!

I have used this workbook for the last 3 years with my 5th grade intervention group of second language learners. I have found that as a result those students in my groups are able to master the Cal. Standard R1.4 and R1.2 and even increase their scores on R1.3. We have used other products as well and have not had the same results. This is truly a valuable resource.

I am teaching a high group in fourth grade reading in the state of Colorado. In these kids are eating this up! They love the quotes hard spelling words! So if you have a group of students who love to read and love to be challenged this is a great item!

I have used this book with students from elementary to high school. It is nicely set up and covers a wide enough range to get students rolling on understanding the components of the words we use all the time.

Can't wait to use this in my classroom this year!!

Mi hija de 10 años ha estado estudiando sola este libro durante las vacaciones de verano, sin duda un buen libro para practicar vocabulario.

Very nice book.

Very informative and easy to use.