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2nd - 5th Grade Root Words Educational Resources : Page 2

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

Help your students get to know a common root word with this great graphic organizer.

Word Part of the Week: Graph

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

This prefix practice will help fifth graders determine the meaning of words by introducing them to the prefixes "pre," "re," "anti," "co," "un," and "dis."

Determine the Meaning of Words with Prefixes

Help your students get to know a common prefix with this great graphic organizer.

Word Part of the Week: Sub

Give your students a chance to practice using and identifying the meaning of common fifth grade prefixes.

Welcome to the Prefix Party

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

In this exercise, students will strengthen their understanding of how suffixes change the meaning of a word.

Fix It with a Suffix

Word Part of the Week: Com

Word Part of the Week: per

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

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

Word Structure Learning Check

Help your students get to know a common suffix with this great graphic organizer!

Word Part of the Week: Ness

Word Part of the Week: dia

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

Use this short story to help your students practice identifying root words in context.

Root Words in Context: Port and Struct

Word Part of the Week: spir

Use this graphic organizer to introduce your students to a root word or affix of your choice.

Word Part of the Week

Word Part of the Week: Dict

Word Part of the Week: Fin

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

Search for the Suffixes

Word Part of the Week: Son

Use this short story to help your students practice identifying root words in context. T

Reading Root Words

Word Part of the Week: Sect

In this exercise, students will use critical thinking to identify the common word part in a series of words and, using their knowledge of vocabulary, deduce the meaning of the word part.

Word Part Pyramids

This worksheet gives fifth graders targeted practice with using the prefixes "de," "circum," "trans," "sub," "tri," and "in."

Practicing Using Prefixes

Spin the wheel! Kids practice the root word SIGN and build out their vocabulary with this worksheet.

Root Word Wheel: Sign

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