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Teaching Tips
Learning About Word Parts With Kidspiration

Sharon Ruth Gill

Knowing the meanings of common root words, prefixes, and suffixes may help students read and spell the longer words they begin to run into in the upper elementary grades. This article describes how students can use the Kidspiration computer program to quickly and easily create word webs that illustrate the meanings of common root words and affixes.

Abstract from Gill, S. (2007, September). Learning About Word Parts With Kidspiration. The Reading Teacher, 61(1), 79–84. doi: 10.1598/RT.61.1.8