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Vocabulary Building

For Teachers 1st - 4th
A fabulous language arts lesson has readers focus on the vocabulary in the key words, expand and build new vocabulary, and practice three grammar concepts. They recognize key words as they relate to communicating at work. Pupils build...
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Unlocking New Words: Partner Presentations

For Teachers 4th - 9th
Following extensive modeling about how to apply word analysis and vocabulary skills to learn new words, partner teams create brief word presentations to teach new vocabulary to the class. Preselect words from upcoming social studies,...
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English Skills Worksheet (6.203)

For Students 5th - 6th
In this multiple English activities worksheet, students complete a variety of assignments: write three onomatopoeia sentences, add ten endings to ten words, give the root words to eight words, play two rounds of word chess, find the...
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Vocabulary Building

For Teachers 6th - 10th Standards
Offer learners a step-by-step process for approaching unknown words with this PowerPoint presentation of vocabulary strategies, which details how to use context clues and word parts (roots, prefixes, suffixes), as well as encourages...
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Vocabulary Formation Worksheet 12

For Students 5th
For this forming new words worksheet, 5th graders read, interpret and fill in the blanks in each sentence with a new word formed from the base word at the end of each sentence.
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Vocabulary Formation Worksheet 11

For Students 5th
In this vocabulary formation worksheet, 5th graders read eight sentences and fill in each blank with a new word formed from the base word found at the end of each sentence.
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Vocabulary Formation Worksheet 21

For Students 5th
In this vocabulary formation worksheet, 5th graders fill in the blanks in eight sentences by forming new words from the word roots at the end of each sentence.
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Vocabulary Formation Worksheet 4

For Students 5th
In this vocabulary formation activity, 5th graders fill in the blank in eight sentences as they form new words from the root words at the end of each sentence.
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Vocabulary Formation Worksheet 5

For Students 5th
In this vocabulary enrichment worksheet, 5th graders fill in the blanks in eight sentences as they form a new word from the root word at the end of each sentence.
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Root Words Worksheet

For Students 4th - 5th
Explore the parts of words! Fourth and fifth graders study root words with this activity. They combine words with a given prefix and root word, like combat. There are 13 words to combine! 
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It's Greek to Me!

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Use Greek roots, suffixes, and prefixes to create polysyllabic words. Readers use the dictionary to identify what the word's prefix, suffix, and root or base word mean. They define what a syllable is and how one is formed using Greek...
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Pretending with Prefixes

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
The book Fortunately provides an excellent opportunity to discuss prefixes and suffixes as they appear in context. The class goes over a list of prefixes and suffixes with the teacher. They then write two sentences; the first including a...
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Using a Dictionary: Root Words

For Students 3rd
A dictionary is a very helpful tool. Teach your third graders how to locate words, define them, and understand what root words are. They look up 12 words, write their definitions, then determine the root word that helps categorize each...
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Come Fly with Me . . . Open a Book: Travels through Literature

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
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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Mythological Word Origins

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Review myths and the characters therein, connecting them to vocabulary words in the English language today. Begin by searching online for myths and character names. With at least ten names that are familiar English words, students use...
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Vocabulary through Text

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Explore word meanings. Sixth graders identify examples of words with affixes while listening to the story Paul Bunyan by Steven Kellogg. They participate in the game "Pass the Parts" and practice separating given words into their root...
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Spelling Rule: v-c, double the consonant before adding -ed or -ing

For Students K - 2nd
Apply the spelling rule about adding suffixes to words ending with a vowel followed by a consonant with your class. Spellers read the rules and examples, observe words with suffixes, and write the root words. They write 6 answers.
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Word Roots Lesson #5 - Focus: therm

For Students 7th - 9th
The roots chrono, gen, geo, graph, meter, and therm are featured on a activity that asks learners to identify the roots and affixes in a series of words, and then match the word with its meaning. Part of a series of exercises designed...
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Word Roots Lesson #1 - Focus: chrom

For Students 8th - 10th
What does the root word chrom mean? Review the root and the different prefixes and suffixes that can be added to it to enhance its meaning. Then, get your class using the new words with two short exercises. A brief introduction to the...
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Word Roots Lesson #10 - Focus: miso

For Students 7th - 9th
What does miso mean? Teach your class all about this root word with this quick practice sheet. After studying the chart provided, pupils learn new words that use the root and complete two short activities. 
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Word Roots Lesson #4 - Focus: bio, opt/ops

For Students 7th - 9th
Learners use knowledge of affixes and roots (bio, gen, metr, opt, ops, and phon) to determine the meaning of words. Then they use the words correctly in a several exercises. Part of a series of lesson using root words.
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Vocabulary Set 10: Roots and Affixes

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Grub, volu/volv, and umbr form the basis of a vocabulary lesson predicated on these roots. Although the slides may perturb some of your class members, the more voluble will not take umbrage at the presentation.
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Match Prefixes/Suffixes

For Students 2nd - 4th
Here is a prefixes and suffixes activity in which learners take a root word from column one and add a prefix or suffix from column two to make a word. They make five words.
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Guided Reading Organizer for Chain Reaction

For Teachers 10th - 12th
The class uses Chain Reaction, a magazine, to build a better understanding of Latin and Greek roots found in scientific vocabulary. They use two attached worksheets to help them read a scientific article, using visual clues and their...