#3135 Building Words 2 ©Teacher Created Resources

Table of ContentsIntroduction/How to Use This Book 3

Common Core State Standards 4

Dictionary WorkHow to Read a Dictionary Entry 5

Dictionary Practice 6

How to Use the Vocabulary Log 7

Sample Vocabulary Log 8

Vocabulary Log Template 9

RootsRoots and Base Words 10

Latin Roots List 11

Greek Roots List 12

Roots Wall Labels 13

Know Your Roots 16

Word Families 17

Word Families Template 18

Roots: aud and audi 19

Root: bio 20

Root: fin 21

Root: geo 22

Roots: graph and gram 23

Roots: meter and metr 24

Root: mot 25

Roots: ped and pod 26

Root: port 27

Root: rect 28

Root: rupt 29

Root: tele 30

Root: terr 31

Root: tract 32

“Hunting for Roots!” Game 33

“Hunting for Roots!” Cards 34

Word Creations 35

So Many Roots! 36

Word-Family Webs 37

Create a Word-Family Web 38

Roots Review 39

“I Have, Who Has…?” Roots Game 40

“I Have, Who Has…?” Roots Game Cards 41

PrefixesCommon Prefixes List 44

Prefix Match 45

Prefixes: co-, col-, com-, and con- 46

Prefixes: im- and in- 47

Prefix: micro- 48

Prefixes: over- and under- 49

Prefix: trans- 50

Change the Prefix, Change the Meaning 51

Add a Prefix, Make an Antonym 52

SuffixesCommon Suffixes List 53

Suffix Match 54

Suffixes: -able and -ible 55

Suffixes: -ation, -ion, and -tion 56

Suffixes: -ative and -ive 57

Suffixes: -ily and -ly 58

Roots, Prefixes, and Suffixes ReviewLet’s Review 59

“Word Add On” Game 60

“Make-a-Word” Game 61

Answer Key 63

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Name: Roots

Root: rectQuick Lesson—The Latin root rect means straight, rule, or guide.

Example: di + rect = direct ➜ To be direct means to get straight to the point.

Sentence: The clerk directed him down the right aisle in the store.

Directions: Solve the clues to fill in the crossword puzzle. Every word in the puzzle contains the root rect. Use the words from the Word Bank.

Rect Crossword1

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Across 2. the route taken to get somewhere

4. to point someone towards a different area or a different goal

6. having no mistakes

Down 1. not directly caused by something

2. a book that lists people or organizations alphabetically

3. a plane shape with four sides and four right angles

5. to be upright or straight

Word Bank correct directions directory erect indirect rectangle redirect

Look up the word rectify in a dictionary. Use the word in a sentence.

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Name: Roots

Word CreationsQuick Lesson—Roots can be combined to make larger words.

Example: tele (distant) + graph (writing) = telegraph ➜ A telegraph is a system for sending a message far away.

Sentence: Before texting, people used telegraphs to share very important news.

Directions: Look at your Roots Lists and see which roots can be combined to make words. You may add prefixes and suffixes to the new word if you like.

1. root 1

+ root 2

= new word

2. root 1

+ root 2

= new word

3. root 1

+ root 2

= new word

4. root 1

+ root 2

= new word

Directions: Now have some fun. Attach two or three Greek or Latin roots from your lists to create new “made-up” words. These should not be real words found in the dictionary, but words that you made up. Write a definition for each word based on the roots you used.

Example: tele (distant) + vid (to see) + mit (to send) = televidmit which means to see someone sent far away

5. root 1

+ root 2

+ root 3

= new word

Definition:

6. root 1

+ root 2

+ root 3

= new word

Definition:

7. root 1

+ root 2

+ root 3

= new word

Definition:

Draw a picture to represent one of the words you made up. Label your picture.

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Name: Prefixes

Prefixes: co-, col-, com-, and con-Quick Lesson—The prefixes co-, col-, com-, and con- can all mean with or together.

As words evolved, one of the variations of these prefixes was chosen over another because it made the word easier to pronounce.

Examples: Coalition is easy to say but colalition is more difficult. And construct seems easier to say than colstruct, doesn’t it?

Directions: Match the words in the Word Bank to one of the definitions in the column on the right.

Word Bank

1. coalition

2. coexist

3. collaborate

4. combine

5. companion

6. connect

7. construct

8. coincidence

9. collect

10. compress

11. coauthor

a. bring together, merge

b. exist together or at the same time

c. gather together

d. join, fasten, or link together

e. make or build

f. person who accompanies another

g. person who writes with another author

h. press together

i. two things occurring at the same time

j. union; group getting together for a special purpose

k. work together

Directions: Many words can be made using the prefix con which means with or together and the Latin root tract which means drag or pull. Define each of the words below.

12. contract (v.)

13. contractor (n.)

14. contraction (n.)

15. subcontract (v.)

Use the words coworker and cooperate together in a sentence.

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Name: Prefixes

Add a Prefix, Make an AntonymQuick Lesson—An antonym is a word that means the exact opposite. Adding a prefix to a root or word can sometimes change the meaning of the word to mean its opposite.

Note: The part of speech does not change with the addition of the prefix.

Example: symmetrical (adj.) ➜ even or the same on both sides of a dividing line

asymmetrical (adj.) ➜ not even or the same on either side of a dividing line

Directions: Look at the boldface pairs of words below. The pairs are opposites. Use your Common Prefixes List (page 44) and a dictionary to find the definitions for each word. Write the definitions for the new words on the lines provided.

1. export (v.) —

import (v.) —

2. increase (v.) —

decrease (v.) —

3. appear (v.) —

disappear (v.) —

4. mature (adj.)—

immature (adj.) —

5. prepared (adj.) —

unprepared (adj.) —

6. underachiever (n.) —

overachiever (n.) —

7. promote (v.) —

demote (v.) —

8. attract (v.) —

distract (v.) —

9. direct (v.) —

misdirect (v.) —