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5th Grade Root Words Educational Resources

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

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


Root Words 

This worksheet encourages students to work together to think of as many examples of common root words as they can.

Common Root Words and their Meanings

Learners identify and define word parts in this fifth- and sixth-grade grammar worksheet.

Root Word, Suffix, and Prefix Review #1

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

This unit not only builds students' vocabulary, it also enables students to explore how words are related, in meaning, sound and construction. Learners will also discover some of the ways words are constructed using derivational root words, prefixes, suffixes, and compound words. Students will also learn strategies we use to shorten words and phrases like acronyms and abbreviations.

Vocabulary 2

In this mid-year assessment, students will apply their language arts knowledge to a broad set of problems.

Mixed Review Language Arts Assessment

This cut-and-paste, categorizing activity helps students review root words!

Root It Out: Word Sort

Assess your students’ vocabulary knowledge using strategies like root words and context.

5th Grade: Vocabulary Strategies

Assess students&rsquo; understanding of word parts and how they relate to word meaning with this grammar worksheet.

Root Word, Suffix, and Prefix Review #2

Assess your students&rsquo; understanding of word parts and how they relate to word meaning.

Root Word, Suffix, and Prefix Review #3

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

Prefixes, Suffixes and Roots Word Ladder

Use this short story to help your students practice identifying the root words &quot;son&quot; and &quot;sect&quot; in context.

Read & Find Root Words #1

Expose your students to new vocabulary and root words with this rockin’ exercise!

Rockin' Root Words

Use this word ladder to help your students learn about the root word PORT.

Root Word Ladder: Port

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

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

Word Part of the Week: Graph

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

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

Fix It with a Suffix

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

Word Part of the Week: Ness

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

Root Words in Context: Port and Struct

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

Word Part of the Week

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

Reading Root Words

Word Part of the Week: Sect

Word Part of the Week: Fin

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

Word Part of the Week: Dict

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