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2nd - 4th Grade Common Core Vocabulary Exercises

Students will understand just where their vocabulary words come from with this root words exercise.


Root Words 

Students will have better reading comprehension skills after completing this exercise that shows them how to pick out contextual clues.


Determining Meaning Using Context Clues 1

Once students get underway with this Education.com exercise, learning about similes is easy as pie.


Similes 1

Introduce students to the world of idioms with this exercise that shares some of the most common expressions in the English language.


Idioms 1

This example-filled exercise will help students develop a fuller understanding of context from clues embedded in texts.


Determining Meaning Using Context Clues 2

Along with understanding the root of words, this exercise will help students learn common suffixes tacked onto different words.


Common Suffixes 1 

This Education.com exercise makes it clear to students how to break down compound and hyphenated words correctly.


Compound Words 1

After students complete this simple and clear exercise from Education.com, they will know how to how to abbreviate correctly.


Abbreviations 1

This exercise teaches students how to compare objects and define outliers using comparative and superlative adjectives.


Comparative and Superlative Adjectives 1

Homophones can sometimes confuse younger students, but this exercise will teach them how to differentiate between similar words.


Homophones 1

Your students will be all smiles when learning how to compare objects with this similes exercise.


Similes 2

Help your students' storytelling abilities with these exercises that improve their knowledge of transition words and have them use context clues to answer questions.

Transition Words 1

Connecting sentences and ideas is key in essay and report writing, and these exercises will help your fourth grader get ahead of the curve.

Transition Words 2

Make it easier for students to spell words by sharing common prefixes with them through this easy to understand exercise.


Common Prefixes 

Students do not have to be the fastest completing this exercise to understand adjectives better than ever before.


Adjectives with -er and -est 

A big part of learning is learning how to consult reference materials, which this exercise demystifies.


Reference Materials for Word Meaning 1

Teach students how to use short stories to illustrate a point with this engaging exercise.


Metaphors 2

With the basics established, students will enjoy making use of the knowledge of common prefixes shared in this exercise.


Common Prefixes 2 

It will be much easier for students to learn how to spell after completing this exercise that gives them familiarity with common suffixes.


Common Suffixes 2

This exercise is the difference between the proverbial "teaching your students to fish" and simply giving them the answers.

Reference Materials for Word Meaning 2

Students will understand how to utilize suffixes to modify verb-noun pairs into adjective-adverb pairs with this helpful exercise.


Suffixes To Make Adjectives and Adverbs

This exercise will teach students how to use common suffixes to change a verb’s tense.


Suffixes to Change Verb Tenses 1

Help your students add detail to their writing by having them incorporate comparative and superlative adjectives. Detailed writing is important as your fourth grader continues on in school and writing assignments become more intense.

Comparative and Superlative Adjectives 2

By the time students have finished this exercise, changing an adjective into a noun will be a piece of cake.


Suffixes to Change an Adjective to a Noun 2 

After this exercise, students will be able to easily use suffixes to change an adjective into a noun.


Suffixes to Change an Adjective to a Noun 1

Use this exercise to show students how suffixes can be used to change adjectives and adverbs.


Suffixes to Change an Adjective to an Adverb 1

From common phrases to place names, this exercise will show students how to abbreviate with ease.


Abbreviations 2

Students will learn how to compare two objects by practicing this short exercise on comparatives.


Comparatives 

Some words are remarkably similar, and this exercise will build students&rsquo; confidence in finding the difference between them.

Homophones 2

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2nd - 4th Grade Common Core Vocabulary Exercises

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