English From the Roots Up

We do one word a week – we talk about it, the kids write it out like a card (in a notebook – we got Cindy Rushton’s CD for it from a friend) and then we add the cards to our memory boxes and the words are quickly reviewed and memorized throughout the week/year. I have several of the ideas that Missceegee referred to in her post, but haven’t made the games yet. Since the memory box is working, it almost feels like busywork to add a game, but perhaps I can make it be a Friday activitiy. 😉

I will introduce the word and we discuss the page of the teacher’s book, then write them out, so yes, we do them all at once and it takes about 15-25 minutes or so (depending on speed of writer) and the review is about 5 minutes or less a day.

Their notebook words are color-coded just like the cards for easier review. One dd wanted pre-printed pages and the other didn’t. We used a composition notebook for hers and she traces the right color (green or red) for each word. I think that the act of reading it, saying it, and writing it help solidfy the word.

On our daily review cards, we do not re-read all the derivatives on the back – we just do the word/definition/origin. Occassionally, I will ask a suprise question just for fun/review of the derivatives.

If you are only studying the Root Words and not doing a full Latin program… How do you schedule it in the Organizer?  Do you put the subject as “Foreign Language” or “Language Arts” or something else?  Thanks.