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Learning About Word Parts With Kidspiration
Author(s) -
Gill Sharon Ruth
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
the reading teacher
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.642
H-Index - 50
eISSN - 1936-2714
pISSN - 0034-0561
DOI - 10.1598/rt.61.1.8
Subject(s) - prefix , root (linguistics) , spell , word (group theory) , linguistics , psychology , morpheme , mathematics education , vocabulary development , computer science , teaching method , natural language processing , sociology , philosophy , anthropology
Knowing the meanings of common root words, prefixes, and suffixes may help students read and spell the longer words they begin to run into in the upper elementary grades. This article describes how students can use the Kidspiration computer program to quickly and easily create word webs that illustrate the meanings of common root words and affixes.