This article focuses on providing real practice with root words including defining root words, determining the prefixes and suffixes, understanding word families, and providing a worksheet with an answer key.

This article provides tips for teaching confused and unfamiliar words to students. These include being familiar with the words, using pictures to visualize the words, and practicing.

This site offers ideas to encourage children to practice reflective writing and tips for teachers to teach it.

This article focuses on spelling in the 8th grade including applying standard English conventions to unfamiliar words, how to practice spelling words, and a link to 8th-grade sight words.

This article focuses on 7th-grade grammar which requires having a greater understanding of the grammar learned previously and using the parts together. This includes understanding the parts of speech, pronouns, clauses, and punctuation;...

This article focuses on the skills 2nd graders begin to learn including increased vocabulary, context clues, spelling patterns, tone and rhythm, punctuation, and language development.

This article focuses on teaching root words to 5th graders. It includes an explanation of root words, prefixes and suffixes, and word families. It also provides a root words worksheet with answer key.

Check out this site to learn more about building research skills for grades 2-3. This site offers suggestions for activities that will sharpen your abilities.