Vocabulary

I used the website prezi.com to create a cool presentation for a Vocabulary lesson. I needed a way to teach my students about root words of common words we use today. As an example I created a prezi for the words that come from the latin root quaere (to ask). I think students will have a broader grasp of vocabulary if they can understand the meaning of words based upon their root. That way if they come across a word they do't recognize they may be able to reason the meaning of the word through recognition of common roots along with the context clues of the surrounding text. Attached is a link to my prezi QUAERE.

In order to review and determine if my students are grasping this type of vocabulary lesson I also came up with a game we can play using smartboard technology. This will be a jeopardy-format game in which students answer definition questions that fall into categories. The categories will be the varying root forms that we covered in this particular lesson. Check it out !