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Word Endings
In this word endings worksheet, students look at the root words and use the word ending rule to change the words by adding er or est.
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Word Endings
In this word endings learning exercise, students read the root words in the left column and read the word ending rules for adding ed or ing. Students write endings for the 9 words.
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Pendemonium: The Italian Job
Students identify prefixes, roots, and suffixes. In this grammar rules lesson, students analyze word parts to determine the meaning of unfamiliar words.
Core Knowledge Foundation
First Grade Skills Unit 5
Twenty-two lessons make up a unit that focuses on first-grade skills. Scholars examine spelling alternatives—their rules and patterns, practice tricky spelling and high-frequency words, explore plural nouns and sentences, read a...
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Unit 6: American Revolution
The American Revolution is the theme of a five-week unit that focuses on reading, grammar, morphology, and writing. Scholars read and respond to texts, practice spelling and word work, and write paragraphs. Assessments gauge comprehension.
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5th Grade Master Spelling List
Here's a spelling program that includes 36 lists of 21 words and 20 suggestions for weekly activities. Each list includes common and proper nouns, sight words, academic vocabulary, and words built on a specific Greek roots.
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Prefix-Suffix Rummy
Students correctly build new words by adding a prefix and/or suffix to existing base words.
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Spelling List 6: Sight Words, kn/wr Words, and Academic Vocabulary
In this spelling activity, students practice their spelling words that include sight words, kn/wr words, and vocabulary. Students practice spelling 16 words.
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Nature: Friend and Foe: Extra Support Lessons (Theme 6)
Breaking down words into syllables has two benefits: it improves vocabulary and it improves understanding of a text. The third and final resource in a series of materials designed to be used with Nature: Friend or Foe offers extra...
Florida Center for Reading Research
Advanced Phonics: Morpheme Structures, Compound Construction
A phonics lesson focuses on morpheme structures—compound words. Pairs choose letter cards, identify a compound word that starts with that letter and write it on a whiteboard. Extension opportunities include additional practice pages.
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Vocabulary Set 8
Learners may have to do penance if they are apathetic about studying the three roots (path, pen/pun, matr/metr) in this vocabulary presentation and thus may not matriculate.
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Greek Origins and Character Development
Seventh graders examine words of Greek origin and discuss character development in fiction. They read a list of Greek word parts and create words on a worksheet. Students then read and discuss an informational handout about character...
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Making Words
Pupils create a list of words from a list of letters in a longer word or a collection of given letters. After completing the list, students recognize word families, words that rhyme, words that have the same base word, and words that...
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Vocabulary Morphemic Elements: Affix Game
How well do you know your affixes? Find out how proficient your learners are with a game that requires them to define various affixes and use them to create words that will go into sentences.
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Word Endings: -sion and -tion
In this word ending worksheet, students discuss how to spell words with the suffixes -sion and -tion. Students then practice adding the different suffixes to a group of words.
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Adding Suffixes- ly, ful
Fifth graders practice adding suffixes. For this word endings lesson, 5th graders identify examples of suffixes, practice adding the suffix "-ly" and "-ful" and then complete a worksheet to practice.
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Suffixes
In this suffixes worksheet, students write the definition of 10 words that contain the suffixes able, full, est, less, or er. Definitions of these suffixes are provided.
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Suffixes
In this suffixes activity, students match correct words from a wordbank to 12 given definitions. Endings of words include able, full, ess, less, and er.
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Derivational Suffixes Worksheet
In this suffixes worksheet, students learn that derivational suffixes change the meaning of words and the part of speech. Students write the original meaning of six words, add the suffix, and write the new meaning.
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Suffixes
In this suffixes review activity, students study the 18 suffixes listed and examples of each of them. This activity may be used as posters or as study cards.
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Compound Word Games
Students build compound words out of two separate words using a variety of activities. In this compound word lesson plan, students practice building compound words using word cards. These word cards can be used in a variety of ways to...
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Understanding Hard Words
Two strategies for decoding unfamiliar words are featured on a worksheet that illustrates how to use the parts of words (prefix, root, and suffix) and context to determine meaning. Examples are included as is a guided practice exercise.
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Ordinary People: Desktop Teaching
Turn the pupil into the teacher to help your learners pick up and retain vocabulary from Ordinary People by Judith Guest. Each individual selects a word, studies it in depth, and then teaches their word to the rest of the class, one...
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Adding -ed Practice Sheet
In this grammar worksheet, students practice adding the suffix -ed to 35 words. Students rewrite the word in the box below the root word.