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Exploring Latin Word Parts
Fourth graders complete a worksheet. In this root words lesson, 4th graders discuss the meaning of a root. Students view words with the Latin root stru/struct and discuss their meaning. Students repeat this process with other Latin root...
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Subtracting Suffixes
Take it off! Take what off? Take off the suffixes to create new words! Learners build vocabulary and spelling skills as they remove the suffixes from 20 different words. This activity can help learners begin to recognize roots, compound...
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The Present Tense: Simple and Progressive
In this present tense activity, students put the base words into the correct categories according to the s or es for the third person singular present tense of the word. Students complete this for 30 words, correct sentences, and write...
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Word Review Card Activity
Pupils play a card game where they match the meaning of the word to the word or its prefix/suffix. They listen for the teacher to call out the definition and, with two players facing off, the first one to slap the correct card wins! Kids...
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Rooting One's Way To Meaning
Students use a thesaurus on the internet to explore the meanings of Greek and Latin roots. They find definitions of given words, draw a concept map for root words, and write four synonyms for each word. Students discover how Latin and...
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Suffixes
Add additional meanings to root words! Scholars show what they know about suffixes and root words with a activity that challenges them to create words and complete sentences.
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Prefixes and Roots
In this prefixes and roots worksheet, students complete 2 pages of exercises about word roots and their meanings. The root "phone" and its meaning is used on the page.
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School-Home Links: Root Words and Prefix
For this spelling new word worksheet, students combine the prefix and root word of several new words and write the complete word on the line. Students then look in a newspaper or magazine and find three words with the prefix un- and...
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Commonly Confused Words - Quiz 5
Designed specifically for English language learners, this online quiz provides immediate feedback. Commonly confused words are presented in pairs, and the user must decide which word would best fit in the sentence provided. These words...
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Commonly Confused Words - Quiz 16
These words are very confusing for non-native English speakers because they sound very similar, but they have different meanings. Quiz your English language learners on their knowledge of various homophones with this 20-question quiz.
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Root Word Pyramid
In this root word worksheet, students use the graphic organizer to help them learn the derivations from a vocabulary and its root word.
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Dictionary Skills
An online, interactive instructional activity provides plenty of practice with using the dictionary. Learners look up and complete or correct 22 compound nouns and adjectives. They connect definitions of words that have affixes to the...
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Come Fly with Me . . . Open a Book: Travels through Literature
This detailed overview of a curriculum unit suggests using travel literature to engage and stimulate your third graders’ interest in reading. The suggested reading list includes fiction and non-fiction materials and offers urban children...
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Break It Down
Students play a word part identification game. They form words using prefixes, suffixes and root word game pieces.
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Suffixes
In this vocabulary learning exercise, students underline the base word and draw a box around the suffix for each word. Fifteen problems are given.
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Suffixes
In this suffixes worksheet, learners write the correct ending to each of 12 base words. Definitions are given for both the base words and the suffixes.
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Prefixes 5
In this prefixes learning exercise, students write the correct prefix for each base word based on the definitions given. Definitions of prefixes are given.
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Become a Word Detective
Students investigate the origin of words in the English language. In this language history lesson, students examine words by breaking them down and finding their roots. Students analyze words from a poem and complete a word detective...
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Compound Words - Individual Activities
In these compound word worksheets, students engage in numerous activities to reinforce what they have learned about compound words. Nine worksheet provide various means of reinforcing the concept including word puzzles and...
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Match the suffixes
In this suffixes worksheet, learners match the suffixes to the base words they go with. Students match 10 suffixes to 10 different base words.
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Match the Prefixes
In this prefixes worksheet, students match the prefixes to the base words. Students match 2 prefixes to 2 base words given to them.
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BJU BIO CH4B Roots Word Search Puzzle
In this language arts worksheet, learners analyze 7 words in a word bank. There is no apparent connection between the words, and despite the title, none are roots of words. Students locate the words in a word search puzzle. The meaning...
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Flowers to Dye For
Students observe biology by completing a plant experiment in class. In this botany activity, students discuss the anatomy related to a plant and how roots and stems are necessary to its survival. Students utilize food coloring and...
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Adding a Prefix to a Root Word
In this language arts worksheet, students examine 15 words followed by 3 prefix choices. Only one of the prefixes is right for the root word. Students underline the correct prefix.