Making Words Fifth Grade: 50 Hands-On Lessons for Teaching Prefixes, Suffixes, and Roots
Patricia M. Cunningham - Dorothy P. HallMaking Words Fifth Grade: 50 Hands-On Lessons for Teaching Prefixes, Suffixes, and Roots, 1/e Based on the best-selling bookPhonics They Use: Words for Reading and Writing, this new grade level series offers a fresh pairing of lessons and activities for kindergarten through fifth grade. InMaking Words Fifth Grade, Pat and Dottie introduce teachers to 50 Making Words lessons that cover key literacy skills included in most fifth-grade curricula. Each Making Words activity leads students through a systematic process for learning prefixes, suffixes, and roots and how these word parts go together to form related words. All lessons include practice on manipulating letters into complex letter combinations and sorting words according to the patterns. All lessons conclude with a transfer step which helps studentstransferwhat they have learned to reading and spelling new words.  “[This book] definitely fills a need in the area of word study for upper grade students. It also provides teachers of all experience levels the word study information they need to feel comfortable guiding their students in the area of word study.”  –Jane Harriger, Buchanan Elementary, Grand Rapids, Michigan “This text will be a key in reaching students with word study strategies. The scope and sequence of the lessons ensure that students truly understand these word parts and can put them into use on their own. I am so glad this resource is now available for grade five!”  –Melissa Rareshide, Pinebrook Elementary School, Mocksville, North Carolina Patricia M. Cunninghamis the co-author ofPhonics They Use, Beyond Retelling,Classrooms That Work, andSchools That Work, all published by Allyn & Bacon, and a professor of education at Wake Forest University. She has over 30 years of experience in various elementary grades and with remedial reading, and has served as a curriculum coordinator and director of reading. Pat promotes literacy for all children through her Four Blocks® workshops and staff development sessions with educators. Dorothy P. Hallis the co-developer of the Four Blocks® framework and the director of the Four Blocks® Center at Wake Forest University. A former elementary teacher and education professor, she also presents workshops around the country on Four Blocks®, Building Blocks, guided reading strategies, and phonics instruction.