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Week 26
Prefixes & Suffixes
Prefixes & Suffixes
A morpheme is the smallest meaningful unit of a language. A strong grasp of morphemes — including prefixes, suffixes, and roots — helps children decode unfamiliar words and understand the subtle nuances of their meaning. Use these resources to heighten your child's awareness of prefixes and root words.
A morpheme is the smallest meaningful unit of a language. A strong grasp of morphemes — including prefixes, suffixes, and roots — helps children decode unfamiliar words and understand the subtle nuances of their meaning. Use these resources to heighten your students' awareness of prefixes and root words.
Circle the Prefixes!
Worksheet
Circle the Prefixes!
Learn all about root words and prefixes, then try your hand at defining them, in this quick and easy practice activity about words with prefixes.
4th grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Word Smash! Prefixes, Roots, and Suffixes
Worksheet
Word Smash! Prefixes, Roots, and Suffixes
Learners will test their word knowledge strength in this carnival-themed worksheet.
4th grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Learning Prefixes
Worksheet
Learning Prefixes
Help your third grader wrap their head around prefixes with this worksheet that asks them to attach the right prefix to a set of root words.
3rd grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Adding and Subtracting Fractions with Like Denominators
Adding and Subtracting Fractions with Like Denominators
Use familiar, real-world examples as your child begins to add and subtract fractions with like denominators. For example: “If you have 1/6 of a pizza and I give you 4/6 more, how much of the pizza do you have?”
Visuals can be an impactful way to introduce your students to adding and subtracting fractions with like denominators, and strengthen their abstract representation skills as well. For example: “If you have 1/6 of a pizza and I give you 4/6 more, how much of the pizza do you have?”
Introducing Fractions: Adding Fractions
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Introducing Fractions: Adding Fractions
Take your fourth grader's addition knowledge one step further with this introduction to fractions.
4th grade
Math
Worksheet
Introducing Fractions: Subtracting Fractions
Worksheet
Introducing Fractions: Subtracting Fractions
Take your fourth grader's skills with subtractions one step further by helping them learn how to subtract fractions with the same denominators.
4th grade
Math
Worksheet
Fraction Addition and Subtraction
Worksheet
Fraction Addition and Subtraction
Stretch your fourth grader's fraction savvy by helping them add and subtract simple fractions.
4th grade
Math
Worksheet
Nonfiction Text Features
Nonfiction Text Features
In addition to providing key information through illustrations, maps, and graphs, text features help us more easily navigate and grasp information. Encourage your child to notice nonfiction text features, including captions, illustrations, diagrams, graphs, and maps, that they see in their surroundings, such as in advertisements or bus maps.
In addition to providing key information through illustrations, maps, and graphs, text features help us more easily navigate and grasp information. Encourage your students to notice nonfiction text features, including captions, illustrations, diagrams, graphs, and maps, that they see in their surroundings, such as in advertisements or bus maps.
Using Text Features in Nonfiction
Worksheet
Using Text Features in Nonfiction
In this worksheet, readers learn about the fascinating kangaroo, then use both the text and text features to answer questions.
3rd grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Nonfiction Text Features: Wild, Wild Weather
Worksheet
Nonfiction Text Features: Wild, Wild Weather
Children will practice using nonfiction text features as they read and interpret a passage about extreme weather.
3rd grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Nonfiction Text Features: Martin Luther King, Jr.
Worksheet
Nonfiction Text Features: Martin Luther King, Jr.
Children will practice identifying nonfiction text features in this worksheet about the life and legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr.
4th grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Sentence Variation
Sentence Variation
Ask your child to infuse their work with various types of sentences — simple, compound, and complex — to improve flow, and encourage them to look for sentence pattern variation in the books they read. Where do they see it? How does sentence variation make the writing more engaging?
Ask students to infuse their work with various types of sentences — simple, compound, and complex — to improve flow, and encourage them to look for sentence pattern variation in the books they read. Where do they see it? How does sentence variation make the writing more engaging?
Three Sentence Structures
Worksheet
Three Sentence Structures
Students will review and play with three basic sentence structures to liven up their writing.
5th grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Find the Sentence Patterns
Worksheet
Find the Sentence Patterns
Your students will enjoy reading this messy story and finding the different sentence structures.
5th grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Sentence Combining Practice
Worksheet
Sentence Combining Practice
Can your child help Sarah make her writing less repetitive? This sentence combining exercise will help your child, too!
4th grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
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