he Word Mapping Strategy helps older students learn how to predict the meaning of unknown words. Students learn to identify prefixes, suffixes, and roots and practice predicting the meaning of words using those parts. They also learn to use four strategic steps to identify the parts of a word, determine the meaning of those parts, and predict the meaning of the word.

The Word Mapping Strategy was specially designed to enable students to identify the parts of unknown words, to identify the meaning of the parts, and to predict the meaning of those unknown words. Such skills are critically important when reading and when taking tests. This instructor’s manual contains four initial lessons for introducing prefixes, suffixes, and root words and the steps of the Word Mapping Strategy. It also includes instructions, learning sheets, and quizzes for teaching the most frequently encountered prefixes, suffixes, and root words. The strategy can be taught in general education and special education settings. Research has shown that students who learn the strategy not only learn the meaning of targeted words, but they learn how to predict the meaning of unknown words.

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