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Students will be able to understand words without a dictionary after they work through this exercise teaching how to determine the meaning of words using roots, prefixes, and suffixes.


Determine Meaning Using Roots, Prefixes, and Suffixes

Give your readers the tools to decipher the meaning of Greek and Latin based words. In this lesson they review the meaning of commonly used prefixes, suffixes and roots and then practice constructing and deciphering words.

Using Word Parts to Determine the Meaning of Words

Students will learn how knowledge of word parts can help readers determine the meaning of words. This interactive lesson will have students reviewing and putting into practice some of the most common prefixes. 

Practice Using Prefixes to Determine Word Meaning

Help your students practice using root words, prefixes, and suffixes to change words and to determine the meaning of unfamiliar words.

Practice Using Roots, Prefixes, and Suffixes

Sometimes looking inside a word can help determine the meaning just like using context clues! In this lesson, students will learn to use roots and affixes as clues to the meaning of a word.

Tools for Tackling Words

Kids use context to figure out the meaning of words.

Using Context: Multiple Meaning Words

Your students will practice using sentence clues to identify the meaning of homographs.

Multiple Meaning Words: Multiple Choice

Use this word ladder to help your students use roots, prefixes, and suffixes to build words.

Prefixes, Suffixes and Roots Word Ladder

If your students need support in matching obscure words with the deeper meaning, invite them to use the clues on this worksheet to match words and phrases with their corresponding meanings.

Match the Meaning

Learn more about the small differences in meaning between similar words with this engaging worksheet!

Shades of Meaning: Matching

Practice ranking words by intensity in this shades of meaning worksheet!

Shades of Meaning: Word Ladders

This multiple meaning words worksheet uses context clues to help kids make sense of homonyms, or words with multiple meanings.

Multiple Meaning Words Worksheet

Use this resource with your students to practice using context clues to determine the meaning of idioms.

Figurative Language: Idioms

Explore shades of meaning in related words with this third-grade grammar worksheet!

Shades of Meaning: Which Word?

Learners practice using context clues to identify the meaning of new words in this language and vocabulary worksheet.

Finding Word Meaning: Context Clues & Text Features #2

Finding Word Meaning: Context Clues & Text Features #1

Here's a fun activity to show your child how to use prefixes and root words to "root out" the meaning of a word!

Root Out the Meaning of Words

Use this multiple-meaning words worksheet to support middle school students as they explore a word with more than one meaning.&nbsp;

Vocabulary Toolkit: Multiple-Meaning Words Graphic Organizer

Take your shades of meaning skills from <em>good</em> to <em>great</em> with this informative worksheet!

Shades of Meaning: Word Strength

If your students need practice identifying the roots and affixes of a word to decode the meaning, then this worksheet is for you!

Look Inside!

Help your child understand etymology with this fun worksheet, which challenges your child to match modern meaning with Latin roots.

Word Root Round-Up

Your students will practice using context clues to determine the meaning of unfamiliar words while reading this classic Aesop fable.

The Tortoise and the Hare: Vocabulary

The use of pronouns can make simple sentences more fluid and natural, but incorrect usage can change the meaning all together. Avoid this complication by having your student complete these exercises to solidify concepts.

Pronouns to Clarify Meaning

Children will draw from a word bank to form five new compound words, then write and illustrate their meaning.

Compound Words: Match, Meaning, and Draw

This third grade reading worksheet offers practice using context clues to determine the meaning of an unfamiliar word in a sentence.

Context Clues: Word Sleuth

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

It’s Grammar Time: Suffixes

This grammar worksheet combines vocabulary practice and creativity as students illustrate words to highlight their shades of meaning.

Draw the Shades of Meaning With Pictures #1

Draw the Shades of Meaning With Pictures #2

Explore the meaning of Latin roots like &quot;scribe&quot; and &quot;spect&quot; with this matching activity! Build essential vocabulary skills with this simple one-page worksheet.

Latin Root Words #1

Students will be able to read between the lines after studying this exercise on identifying contextual clues.

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