1. Building a School-wide Root Foundation Susan Burkett, Brooke Point High School Kristen Flath, Stafford High School Pam Smith, North Stafford High School

2. Then and Now 1950? 25,000 words Late 1990s? 10,000 words

3. Hayes and Ahrens, 1988.

4. Virginia SOL Grades 4-12 Reading Strand Vocabulary Standards Vocabulary standards appear as the first standard in the Reading Strand in grades 4-12 Instruction should emphasize common Greek and Latin roots and affixes Instruction should include word study in authentic texts and differentiation between denotation and connotation SOL assessments will test vocabulary in passages and stand-alone items Tracy Fair Robertson, English Coordinator

5. JOIN US ON OUR JOURNEY YEAR ONE - January-June

8. Getting the “Squeaks” Out… AND “refining” our program

10. Word Root (base) Meaning ven, ventcome form form, shape tropturn chrontime spect, spic watch, look at mort dead, death tort, torquetwist, turn capit, cipithead morph form, shape cours, cur(r), curs run, go vers, vertturn sed, sid, sesssit, settle annu, enniyear Brooke Point Blackhawks Building Vocabulary from Word Roots 2012-13 Stafford Indians Building Vocabulary from Word Roots 2012-13 North Stafford Wolverines Building Vocabulary from Word Roots 2012-13 Word Root (base) Meaning ven, ventcome form form, shape tropturn chrontime spect, spic watch, look at mort dead, death tort, torquetwist, turn capit, cipithead morph form, shape cours, cur(r), curs run, go vers, vertturn sed, sid, sesssit, settle annu, enniyear Word Root (base) Meaning ven, ventcome form form, shape tropturn chrontime spect, spic watch, look at mort dead, death tort, torquetwist, turn capit, cipithead morph form, shape cours, cur(r), curs run, go vers, vertturn sed, sid, sesssit, settle annu, enniyear

11. Specialized Root Lists Don’t forget about the

13. JUST HAVE SOME FUN!

18. Games, Games, Games and MORE! $25,000 Pyramid Vocabulary Relay Battleship Bingo Chocolate Game Root of the Week Voice School Pamphlet Easy Poster Protector