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Showing Results for determine meaning using roots

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

Can your students associate similar adjectives and nouns using the roots and suffixes? In this lesson, students will learn how to associate nouns with adjectives. Along the way, they will use the roots and affixes to determine the meaning.

Associating Adjectives

Are you careful, caring, or careless? A suffix is a word part that changes the meaning of a word. Use this lesson with your students to teach them how to determine word meaning based on their understanding of the meaning of common suffixes.

Word Meaning with Common Suffixes

In this worksheet, learners will practice using context clues to find the meaning of eight compound words.

Compound Word Meaning

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

Multiple Meaning Words: Multiple Choice

What are buttress roots? In this fun science project, make a model of a rainforest tree and learn how they help trees survive in the tropical rainforest!

Tropical Rainforest Trees: Buttress Roots

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Using a Dictionary to Clarify the Meaning of Unknown Words.

Glossary: Using a Dictionary to Clarify the Meaning of Unknown Words

Why walk when you can mosey? In this lesson, students will learn how to use synonyms to express shades of meaning in their writing. Introduce the topic with a book, then brainstorm descriptive options for overused words.

Synonyms: Using Shades of Meaning

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Using a Dictionary to Clarify the Meaning of Unknown Words.

Vocabulary Cards: Using a Dictionary to Clarify the Meaning of Unknown Words.

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

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Multiple-Meaning Words.

Glossary: Multiple-Meaning Words

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

Happy, thrilled, delighted! In this shades of meaning game, kids identify common synonyms that are grouped together.

Texting: Shades of Meaning

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

The meaning of Thanksgiving can sometimes get lost among the fun of food and family. Discuss the meaning of Thanksgiving with this fun activity.

The Meaning of Thanksgiving: Full of Thankful!

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

This lesson will help students understand multiple-meaning words through the use of artistic and theatrical representation! Use as a stand-alone activity or a support lesson for Let's Compare and Contrast Nonfiction Texts!

Multiple-Meaning Words

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!

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

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