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2nd and 3rd Grade Root Words Educational Resources

Students identify word parts, including prefixes, base words, and suffixes, in this third-grade grammar worksheet!

Identify Base Words, Prefixes, and Suffixes

Learning common constructions for words is one way that third graders can get traction on their spelling and reading comprehension skills. This guided lesson in word structure introduces kids to the idea that most words are made up of smaller words, and provides opportunities to apply this learning with practical examples. For more printable practice with word structure, check out our recommended worksheets.

Word Structure 1

This workbook helps third graders brush up on their skills over the summer months by engaging them with targeted practice in core subjects, including word study, math, reading and writing.

Get Ready for Third Grade

Use this worksheet to practice determining the meaning of the new word formed when a prefix is added to a base word.

Perfect Prefixes Practice

Kids practice using the prefixes dis-, un-, and non- in this worksheet.

Prefix Practice: Dis- Non- Un- 

Looking at prefixes, suffixes, and root words can help readers find meaning. Even young readers can start to build their vocabulary from prefixes and suffixes. In this activity, students will create words by combining prefixes, suffixes, and root words.

Prefix, Suffix, Make Sense of It!

With this resource, your students will use the meaning of suffixes to determine the meaning of new words.

It’s Grammar Time: Suffixes

Understanding prefixes is crucial for learning the meaning of unfamiliar words and building vocabulary.  Use this resource to study the prefix pre-.

Prefix Study: Pre

Children will practice spotting root words &mdash; and words with root words &mdash; as they complete a word search puzzle.

Find the Root Words

Understanding prefixes is a crucial part of building vocabulary and learning the meaning of unfamiliar words. Use this resource to study the prefix mis-.

Prefix Study: Mis

Practice the root word TELE with this word play worksheet, perfect for strengthening vocabulary skills.

Root Word Ladder: Tele

Help your students review root words so they can analyze unfamiliar words and figure out the meaning without using a dictionary. In this worksheet, students will identify the root of each word containing suffixes and prefixes.

Finding Root Words

Understanding prefixes is crucial for learning the meaning of unfamiliar words and building vocabulary. Use this resource to study the prefix ex-.

Prefix Study: Ex

In this vocabulary-building worksheet, third graders will discover words with the root word "spect," which means to look.

Root Word Study: Spect

There are many ways to figure out the meanings of unknown words. Through this worksheet, students record unknown words and find out their meaning using a variety of strategies.

Read the Word Clues

In this vocabulary-building worksheet, third graders will discover words with the root word "rupt," which means to burst or break.

Root Word Study: Rupt

Use this resource to assess your students’ knowledge and understanding of prefixes and suffixes and how they affect word meaning.

Word Structure Learning Check

Understanding prefixes is a key component of learning the meaning of unfamiliar words and building vocabulary.  Use this resource to study the prefix con-.

Prefix Study: Con

Use this resource to practice identifying words with suffixes and determining the meaning of the word.

Search for the Suffixes

Understanding prefixes is an important part of learning the meaning of unfamiliar words and building vocabulary.  Use this resource to study the prefix com-.

Prefix Study: Com

In this vocabulary-building worksheet, third graders will discover words with the root word "sign," which means to mark or seal.

Root Word Study: Sign

Learners get a chance to dig up dinosaur bones by answering these prefix-based vocabulary questions!

Dino Bones: Common Prefixes

When reading, we all encounter unknown words at times. But how do we figure them out? In this lesson, students learn how to become a “human dictionary” by using a variety of strategies to figure out the meaning of unknown words. 


Human Dictionary

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