Use roots and affixes to determine the meaning of unfamiliar words, to clarify the meaning of familiar words, and to make connections with word families (e.g., suffixes such as -phobia and -ology). 0801.1.13

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1. Context is the Key - students use context clues to determine the meaning of a word
2. Bingo Lingo - Players match words on their bingo cards with word roots drawn at random.
3. Flip-a-Chip - Examining Affixes and Roots to Build Vocabulary - lesson plan
4. Homonyms Exercises - This section will help you review and strengthen your knowledge of Homonyms. The 30 exercises are grouped into beginner, intermediate, and advanced levels. Determine your level of knowledge and then select an exercise from the lists below
5. Prefix Skills - Quia quiz
6. Putting Down Roots - Drag and drop the roots into the blanks to complete the words.
7. Putting Down Roots (2) - Drag and drop the roots into the blanks to complete the words.
8. Putting Your Roots into Action - Now that you know five new roots, start looking for them in unfamiliar words.
9. Putting Your Roots into Action (2) - Now that you know five more new roots, start looking for them in unfamiliar words.
10. Root Words - Underline the root words in the slides. Circle the prefix or suffix.
11. Rooting Out Words - Help Remainder the Dog gather enough mushrooms to sell at the market by uncovering the roots of words. (three categories, several difficulty levels - from FunBrain)
12. Root Word Quizzes - Three levels
13. Root Word Quiz - match words with their roots
14. Root word quiz - match word with its root
15. Root Words - Fact Sheet to share with students
16. Using Context Clues - This section will help you review and strengthen your knowledge of using context clues. The 30 exercises are grouped into beginner, intermediate, and advanced levels. Determine your level of knowledge and then select an exercise from the lists at the site.
17. Using Multiple Meanings - students decide which sentences use a word correctly
18. Word Parts - This section will help you review and strengthen your knowledge of root words, prefixes, and suffixes. For each topic, exercises are grouped into beginner, intermediate, and advanced levels. Determine your level of knowledge and then select an exercise from the lists below. The 87 exercises are grouped into beginner, intermediate, and advanced levels.
19. Words with multiple meanings - students fill in the blanks from a word list
20. You Can't Spell the Word Prefix Without a Prefix - students learn in a cooperative setting to identify, define, and construct words with prefixes; lesson plan

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