Mrs. Rayburn's Word Wall.....The Root of Learning

Mrs. Rayburn explains best how this word wall works:

Students had been studying Greek and Latin roots as part of a building vocabulary unit. After participating in an interactive Smartboard lesson and working in groups completing vocabulary enrichment activities, their culminating task was to illustrate the definition of their chosen root word. They wrote their roots and then used the word to help them illustrate the definition. For example, when students illustrated the root 'dem', which means people, they turned each letter into a person. Students were still talking about the lesson,which correlated with a social studies unit on Greece, and were able to see several cross-curricular connections!

Included in the October 19th edition of the Friday Focus is a fun bonus vocabulary activity that helps students understand the root meaning or new words.