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Teaching Greek and Latin Roots in 5th Grade

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Hi y’all! If you’re following me on Instagram, then you already know, but I am so excited to have this unit done! It has been a busy, busy late winter/spring for me and TpT and the blog kind of got pushed to the back burner for a bit. Hopefully I’m back for good and everything else sorta slows down right now. Fingers crossed! 🙂
Anyways, I’m hoping to get into a routine of blogging more consistently here on Life in Fifth Grade. I’ve had two really productive days in my home office, so I have high hopes! LOL 
Today I’m sharing my latest unit. My Greek and Latin Roots unit is finally finished and uploaded! This is the first unit I’ve uploaded since January! I am SO happy to have this one done and in the store. Some units almost create themselves they are so easy, but this one was a challenge! I’m not a huge fan of teaching Greek and Latin Roots (more power to you if you love it!) and so I think that was the reason why I wasn’t motivated. I am so happy with the way it turned out though and I’m hoping it will inspire me to be more creative when it comes to teaching this vocabulary/word analysis skill!
Here’s a little preview of what is included in the 180+ page unit. It also comes with a PowerPoint Presentation that you can show and use as a little review/practice game. I asked on Instagram, but if you use Google Drive/Classroom in your classroom, let me know! I am thinking about creating digital versions of some of my resources for y’all to use! 🙂 
You can find this Greek and Latin Roots Unit here. Psst! Be sure and check out the end of this post for a chance to win the unit! 🙂

You can find my A Trait A Day unit here and my Fun with Idioms unit here. I plan on sharing more about how to use these three units together soon! 🙂

Want to win a copy?? Leave a comment below telling me one of your favorite skills to teach and I’ll randomly pick two winners tomorrow morning! Be sure and leave an email! 🙂

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  1. I teach fifth grade and my favorite thing to teach my students is theme. I love finding fun examples to share with them. I also really enjoy teaching nonfiction in general. Getting the kiddos interested in what is going on around them is always fun!
    missballmer97[at]gmail.com

    • I teach 6th grade and word stories–their history and how we have adapted them today is my all time favorute!

  2. I teach 5th and love to teach non-fiction text features. I also love to use your text evidence materials!
    Jackiepavlo[at]gmail.com

  3. I love teaching grammar! It's like unlocking the door to great writing skills! A lot of people say grammar is a thing of the past, but it is still just as relevant today as ever.
    My email is sarahdarnell1[at]gmail.com

  4. I teach 5th ELA. one of my favorite skills to teach is figurative language. With all the "stuff" they think is boring, they really get into the more fun lessons! I struggle with teaching Greek Latin roots and would LOVE many of your products! Lspires2[at]yahoo.com

  5. I teach 5rh ELA. My favorite skill to teach is figurative language. After all the lessons the kids think are boring, I love getting to show them the more fun lessons! I would love some help with teaching roots.
    Lspires2[at]yahoo.com

  7. I teach Fifth Grade also! I love teaching fifth just because of the wide variety of skills you get to teach and also skills you have to review. My favorite thing to teach though is prepositions and interjections. They love them. Once they get the hang of it my students love having fun with it. We have songs and dances that go along with them that the kids have created. Overall, it is just a really fun ELA lesson to teach. My email is jordan.rackley@gocats.org

  8. This will be my first year teaching 5th grade coming from high school special education. I am most excited to teach skills in comprehension and how to really take apart a text to really see what it's trying to convey. I enjoy reading so much and I can't wait to help other students love it as well!!

  9. I love ❤️ teaching clarification of words/phrases. Teaching students to be 'word detectives' is so fun!

  10. This will be my first year teaching 5th grade coming from high school special education. I am most excited to teach reading and how to really comprehend/understand a text. I have enjoyed reading my entire life and I can't wait to help my students really love reading too!

    Estewart1116[at]gmail.com

  11. I love teaching figurative language. You can do a lot of fun activities with that!!
    Stephanie.maday[at]gmail.com

  12. I teach 5th grade and loved teaching our poetry unit last year! hmiesner[at]hotmail.com

  13. I heard my niece talking about she needs to increase her students vocabulary. She teaches 5th grade. I'm sure she will use it in her classroom

  14. This will be my first year teaching 5th, but my secret obsession has always been language and grammar. I'm so excited that the 5th grade standards will allow me to dive even deeper into the "whys and hows" of language!
    Taylorrunyon[at]live.com

  15. This is my fourth year teaching fifth grade and I love teaching any skill in a small group! Small groups are my jam! I love this idea for a product to expose them to so many Greek and Latin roots!

    Brittney.harris@vallivue.org

  16. I teach 5th grade and I thoroughly enjoy teaching theme and figurative language. This is when I feel like my lessons can be funny, exciting, and flexible. My kiddos love having fun with these two units! My email is jessica.hocutt[at]gmail.com

  17. This upcoming school year will be my fourth year in 5th grade. I love teaching new vocabulary and figurative language. Flocabulary is one of my favorite websites to use when teaching those skills. ��
    Nrtorres28[at]gmail.com

  18. I ❤️ teaching figurative language. The excitement the kids get in finding it in their reading and then applying it to their own writing makes it so fun to teach.

  19. I teach 5th grade and love to teach figurative language! The students love it and love to find examples while they are reading! I would love to incorporate this into my morning work with the kiddos!

    jennabjohn[at]gmail.com

  20. I love teaching figurative language to my 5th graders! They love searching for examples of figurative language in their own reading! I would love to incorporate the daily roots in my classroom!
    jennabjohn[at]gmail.com

  22. I just finished my 30th year in fifth grade. I too, love teaching figurative language! I have tried many different ways to teach "roots" and love what you have done with your unit! ddwilson@mcbain.org

  23. This will be my second year of 4th grade ELA after 13 years of kindergarten and 1st grade. I am not really sure what my favorite thing to teach is, but I really enjoy vocabulary/word work.
    hdinwiddie@lcss.us

  24. I love teaching my 5th graders about vocabulary. I've been looking for products to improve my teaching of roots, so I'm looking forward to exploring your product!
    cwteacher49[at]gmail.com

  25. I enjoy teaching vocabulary. I use a lot of word work and breaking words down. This would really help me do this.

  28. I love teaching my 5th graders about words and vocabulary. I've been looking for new products to change things up a little, so I'm looking forward to exploring your product! cwteacher49[at]gmail.com

  29. I love teaching vocabulary and breaking down words
    This sounds like it would go great with this study.

  31. Hi! I teach 5th! My favorite thing to teach is grammar. I absolutely love all your products you have created on TPT! ❤️❤️❤️ Mrsrodebush[at]gmail.com

  32. Hey! I teach 5th ELA & a couple of my favorite things to teach are figurative language point of view/perspective!!! So much FUN to be had with both of those!! I used your Pineapple Project at the beginning of school last year and we loved it, especially love using the partner cards {genius}!!!
    bfeefamily[at]yahoo.com

  33. Hi! I am a first year teacher and this unit would help me tremendously in teaching figurative language. I love your blog and you have given me so many great ideas! Thanks!!! mrs.lmlopez[at]gmail.com

  34. Hi!! I am a first year teacher and this unit would help me out tremendously in teaching figurative language. I think your blog is awesome and have gotten so many ideas from it. Thanks for sharing! Mrs.lmlopez[at]gmail.com

  35. This will be my 24th (!) year teaching, and my 8th in 5th grade. I love to teach kids how to make inferences based on text evidence. I feel weak in the area of "roots" and this resource looks fantastic!!

  36. This is my first year teaching fifth grade and I love your blog. I can't wait to use your products with my kiddos and live teaching ELA and social studies.

    Mschristapost[at]gmail.com

  37. I have always been partial to fiction text, so I imagine that teaching the literary elements is my favorite! Your trait a day is such an effective way to increase vocabulary as well as teach traits! Thank you so much for all you do to make teaching easier and lessons more engaging for my students!

  38. I also teach fifth grade! I love this resource as I, too, struggle with teaching roots.
    I love teaching figurative language though. It helps my students with reading comprehension and writing compositions.

  39. I have taught 6th Grade ELAR for two years and this year I'm going down to 5th ELAR. My favorite thing to teach is poetry because kids LOVE figurative language, and it is so cool to see the poems they come up with. Kids who struggle with reading skills end up with incredibly deep or funny poems. And then my kiddos who consistently bomb tests in other genres excel on poetry tests! I just love that it gets the creative side of the brain working more than other genres tend to do.

    Vocab is always a struggle for me to teach, as I teach a high population of English Language Learners. I would love to win this unit!

    Katiebideler@aggienetwork.com

  40. I teach fifth grade and I love teaching vocabulary and how to unlock the meaning of words.

  41. This year that just ended was my first year teaching ever. I taught 4th grade. My favorite was teaching poetry/figurative language and grammar! I always want my students to be exposed to what they will learn the following year so they can be ready.

    Daisy- daisyebeltran[at]outlook.com

  42. This year that just ended was my first year teaching ever! I taught 4th grade. I loved teaching figurative language/poetry and grammar. I want my students to be exposed to what they will learn next year so that they have an idea and are not completely lost.

    Daisy- daisyebeltran[at]outlook.com

  43. I will be teaching 5th for my 4th year and love teaching prepositions and figurative language.

  44. I forgot to leave my email… bigreader3[at]yahoo.com for Joyce Atkins June 21, 2017 11:47

  45. I teach 5th grade and I love teaching point of view! There are a lot of fun activities to do with this skill! Jamie.luppes[at]gmail.com

  46. I love teaching fifth grade, especially teaching symbolism in literature. The students love to feel like they are reading the author's mind!

  48. I love teaching the writing process, and I love teaching word parts. write2karenm[at]gmail.com

  49. I love teaching the writing process, and I love teaching word parts.
    write2karenm[at]gmail.com

  50. I love teaching the writing process, and I love teaching word parts. write2karenm[at]gmail.com

  51. This is my first year in fifth grade and I am really excited about teaching social studies and I love to teach math! I like to learn about Greek and Latin roots too! My third graders loved dissecting the words! I would love your set! Thanks for the consideration! katherineschaffer[at]hotmail.com

  52. Fifth grade is the best grade! My favorite thing to teach is how to navigate social media and the news! I love talking to them about "fake news" and encouraging them to form their own opinions based on their own research instead of just accepting social media articles as the truth. We also talk about using social media positively and lifting our friends up. That usually goes well with reading Fish in a Tree or Out of My Mind.

    J_wright2004[at]yahoo.com

  53. I love teaching the Notice & Note strategies. It is so powerful to watch them analyze text! hermanbl[at]hotmail.com

  54. This is my 2nd year teaching 5th grade, after 10 in 3rd, and I LOVE it! My favorite thing last year was teaching text evidence strategies to my students! Thanks for the opportunity to win your amazing product! tami_pechfelder@hookele.k12.hi.us

  55. I love teaching point of view. My class has so much fun creating comics from different p.o.v.

  56. I have been teaching fifth grade for 5 years now and i just love it! My favorite subject to teach is science and writing. With the new NGSS standards its so much more fun to teach when students are asked to make models to represent their learning. Honeyj2@sbcglobal.net. Thanks!!

  57. I have been teaching 5th grade for about 6 years now. My favorite subject to teach is science especially now that NGSS is taking place and my students are creating models and replicas of what they are learning not just reading about it. I also enjoy teaching nonfiction text structure and reading historical fiction with my class. Thanks! Honeyj2@sbcglobal.net

  58. I will be teaching 5th grade again this next year for the second time. I would LOVE to learn more about Greek and Latin roots and how to teach them to my students. Your set would be a great place to begin. Thank you1

  60. Hi, I have just discovered you and I am excited to say I will be now a 5th grade teacher. I taught 2nd grade for 7 years so I literally have nothing! I am excited to teach theme to my students. I will be teaching ELA and Social Studies. Thank you for the giveaway. I cant' wait to use your resources. 🙂

    lskimmel.lk[at]gmail.com

  61. Hey! I'm Mary and I teach 6th grade. My favorite thing to teach is growth mindset! Watching my kids transform from students into learners is what my classroom is all about! Joshandmarythom[at]gmail.com

  62. I love teaching Greek and Latin roots. We typically do it through spelling, but these games would be great for centers while I'm with reading groups! Even for 5th graders! Plus, practicing and mastering these helps with sci nice vocabulary. Love cross curriculum skills!

  63. I just love to teach homonyms, homophones, bc homographs! There are so many fun activities! Love all of your products!
    vwoodrum[at]hotmail.com

  64. Love teaching homonyms, homophones, and homographs!! Your resources are fantastic!
    vwoodrum[at]hotmail.com

  65. This is my 23 year teaching. I've seen so many changes throughout the years. My favorite ELA topic to teach is poetry. I love watching my kids create new poetry. Ahogan9903[at]gmail.com.

  66. I love teaching the progression of a novel. Why the author went from one idea to the next and how it all connects. I love this unit because my kids are struggling with their roots! Lenatroxtell[at]gmail.com

  67. I love teaching and motivating students to LOVE reading. I love talking about books and encouraging students to discover their love of books! I love getting to share life experiences with students and help them understand various perspectives of characters and be able to take what they have learned as skills from their lives.

  68. I love to teach books clubs!!! I love to listen to the conversation that students have without my help. It really gives me insight into who they are as a person and how books truly effect them!! Looking forward to looking at this Greek and Latin root unit!! Love the work you do! Thanks for putting in all of the hard work!! Beachteach24[at]hotmail.com

  69. I just love all things about teaching reading! I'm obsessed with books! And kind of a nerd.

  70. I love to teach book clubs! I love the discussion that comes from the students without my guidance. It really gives me an insight into their lives as well as how much a book effected them!

  71. I teach 5th grade ELA. I love teaching figurative language. You can find so many fun activities to go with it! I would love to win this resource. I have gotten so many fantastic ideas from your blog and your Instagram posts. Thanks so much!

  72. I teach 4th and 5th ELA and I love to teach figurative language. I especially like to use current song lyrics and challenge the kids to find types of figurative language within them. nott@ourladyfestus.org

  73. I teach fifth grade as well and love teaching characterization and recently have grown to love teaching vocabulary since incorporating Word Nerds into my instruction! 🙂

    Aliebrantly[at]gmail.com

  74. I teach 5th. I love teaching figurative language. It's great to see what they come up with as their comparisons.

  75. This will be my third year in 5th grade, but my first year teaching all subjects! I am looking forward to mixing it up, and eager to try new units! My favorite skill to teach is voice in writing and mood/tone in reading! You really see deep thinking and analysis within this topic!

    Kaitlinbearden[at]hotmail.com

  76. Hi there! I teach 4th grade- all subjects! My favorite skill to teach is analyzing a character's actions, thoughts, and feelings through read aloud. The Tiger Rising by Kate Dicamillo is perfect for this standard because students can really relate to the main characters and develop a better understanding of what and why the characters do the things they do!
    taylor.caldwell351[at]gmail.com

  77. This will be a new adventure for me, teaching ELA to a grade above 3rd!! I have not taught root Greek/Latin words to help students understand text better. I touched on prefixes and suffixes a little but not to the depth needed for upper Elementary grades.

  79. I love teaching my fifth graders about inferencing and point of view/perspective. This past year I began to focus more on Greek/Latin roots and affixes with my students. This unit would be great to use for this!

  80. I love to teach inferencing and point of view/perspective. This unit looks like it would work well during my phonics/word work lessons.

  81. I do love when students grasp Greek and Latin 'root' lessons! Seeing their vocabulary develop is priceless! Your new Unit will be a great resource for our ELA team. Thank you!
    sclareds[at]gmail.com

  83. Making inferences is my favorite reading. strategy to teach my fifth graders! So many engaging and real life applications! Paige.koehnen[at]gmail.com. Thanks for the opportunity!!

  84. I ❤️ teaching Greek and Latin Roots / affixes. I love it when my students find them in their iRead books and point them out to me.

  85. I love teaching Greek and Latin Roots/ Affixes. I love when the light bulb goes off that they can find the meaning based on the roots/affixes

  91. I've been teaching Greek and Latin roots to my fifth graders for the past three years! It's a great way to help students decode unfamiliar words. They can identify the meaning of the root and move on from there!

  92. I did book clubs for the first time this past year and my kids highly enjoyed. I enjoy having discussions about books thy can last for a long time. And for some reason I enjoy teaching cause and effect. Thanks for sharing all your new ideas!!
    Nparrish@perryschools.org

  93. I love teaching figurative language in poetry and prose! Wordplay is so fun, and it's awesome to see my kiddos light up after they GET IT and can spice up their own work with what they've learned! I'd love to add this activity to the ones I use for teaching roots!
    katherinejenkins777[at]gmail.com

  94. Whether I win or not, I am totally getting this unit! I hate teaching Greek and Latin roots but it has to be done. My kiddos struggle with this skill every year! My favorite skill to teach is figurative language.

  95. I enjoy teaching theme as well. It is fun to teach the difference between main idea and theme. My kids confuse the two a lot.

  96. I love
    Teaching figurative language. The kids really enjoy it and it's just a lot of fun to teach!

  97. My favorite skill to teach is text based evidence answers (does that count as an actual skill?!) I feel like it's something not too hard to learn, but something that serves students well! I started teaching Greek and Latin roots last year, but really want to do better next year! cdeboard@cherokeek12.org

  99. I love teaching affixes because it helps students learn to read and write multi-syllable words. I use Google classroom and am always looking for new digital resources.

  100. My favorite skill to teach is figurative language because it's an engaging and interactive topic! Great unit!! collsignori[at]gmail.com

  101. Hi Leslie. I teach fifth grade and love teaching figurative language. It's so fun to see the different types of figurative language that the kids can make. Makes writing fun!
    Chohwald66@verizon.net

  102. I love teaching elements of a story. I also struggle with teaching Greek and Latin roots. Kmhteacher[at]yahoo.com

  103. Figurative language and making inferences are two of my favorite skills to work on, but they are both hard for 5th graders! mpelkowski5050[at]gmail.com

  104. I teach 3rd, 4th, and 5th writing and grammar. My favorite skill to teach is persuasive writing. I use "I Wanna Iguana" (and the rest of the series) to show examples of ethos, pathos, and logos. The kids think the books are hysterical, and they can really relate to the forms of persuasion used!
    lisaainsworth@benedictdayschool.com

  105. This will be my first year teaching straight 5th grade! I love teaching figurative language and incorporating growth mindset components in my classroom.
    adrianagalfaro[at]gmail.com

  106. I teach 5th Grade ELA, and am going into my 2nd year of teaching. This Latin and Greek resource would be very useful in my classroom as I am building my "toolbox" or "repertoire" of resources and different things. My favorite topic to teach is antonyms and synonyms. I made up a little jingle to go with the topic when I teach it in order for students to "get it."

    chalon05[at]yahoo.com

  107. This will be my second year teaching fifth grade. It will be my first year teaching Greek and Latin roots. We are integrating the program at our school this year. What a great resource for vocabulary.
    Mellis@sttheresaschool.com

  108. My favorite thing to teach centers around the book The Power of Pictures by Beth Olshansky. You have students create a piece of art (using more in depth art materials like water colors, oil pastels, etc.). Then, students find 3-4 (you could do more) nouns in their picture. Students then plan out ways to describe the noun: what is it doing? How does it feel? etc. They then use their planning sheet to create a piece of writing about their picture. It really helps reluctant writers because they have it in front of them and don't have to think as much. I highly recommend!

  109. This is my second year teaching 5th grade. I enjoyed many aspects of teaching,, but my favorite is words and grammar. This would be a perfect study to add, as I was looking for a great Greek/Latin study last year �� Abenz@psd202.org

  110. This will be my second year teaching 5th grade. I enjoyed teaching words and grammar. This would be a great unit to add for Greek/Latin studies. Abenz@psd202.org

  111. My favorite skill to teach is finding text evidence. This shows me students truly understand what they are reading. This skill carries through in small reading groups, independent reading and in their written responses. I also like doing word work with students because once they understand the different syllable types their reading and spelling both improve.
    lauraraab@comcast.net

  112. I love teaching Greek and Latin roots because children begin to discover how words work and they are able to make meaningful on their own. I teach a 3,4, 5 combo class and each grade enjoys this part of word study.

  113. My favorite skill to teach is the use of context clues. I teach K-6 ESL and vocabulary is one of my students' needs. Using context clues helps them figure out unknown words quickly so they can comprehend what they are reading. I want to start focusing on Greek and Latin roots. That way, they will be able to figure out the meaning of words using its parts.

  114. I have tried to teach greek and latin root words but the original item that I bought from TPT teaches too many words at one time. This resource will allow me to really dig into teaching roots on a level where my kids can learn and be successful. I hope I win. planningnpieces[at]yahoo.com

  115. I am trying to incorporate teaching the Latin/Greek roots into my reading block, so I do have some of your units. I love how you have added a section for a drawing/picture. I teach 5th grade but have my kids do sketches for note taking and definitions. Keep up the great work111

  116. I love your units on teaching Latin/Greek Roots. I have one of your first units you published. I was required this past year to use Greek/Latin roots as part of my reading so I am planning on using your units. Keep up the GREAT work!!!!!

  117. This will be my first year teaching 5th/6th grade ELA and I'm ecstatic! I have taught K-1 for the last 10 years. I truly look forward to incorporating SO many of your units that I have purchased. However, I am excited about teaching figurative language. I am huge on integrating songs and movements to help students retain the information, and I intend on having the students find many examples in the texts, as they participate in book clubs, read alouds, and in their independent reading. Thanks for all your hard work!

  118. I have been teaching 5th grade for 12 years and it is, by far, my favorite grade to teach. One of my favorite things to teach in 5th grade is reading strategies. I love to do this through my daily read aloud. There is nothing more exciting than getting kids excited about reading.
    stephanylap[at]gmail.com

  119. I teach 5th Grade ELA. Like many other 5th Grade ELA teachers, I love teaching figurative language! I also love teaching context clues. There are so many fun ways to get students involved in reading. My best moments in teaching are when reluctant readers tell me my class is their favorite.
    My email is golfgirlchris[at]gmail.com

  120. I have two fifth grade classes – one enriched and one inclusion. I love teaching all parts of ELA. I enjoy seeing the delight in faces that have discovered a new author, a new word or have perked up to share their thoughts and feelings through writing. Watching persistence grow with a new mindset is my favorite part of the day.

    bbrindza5[at]hotmail.com

  121. Have you created your resources as a Google drive? I am very interested in them if you have 🙂

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