Find the Root

Find the Root

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English Language for Expressing & Developing Ideas Language for Interacting With Others

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Use this worksheet to provide students the opportunity to identify and colour common Latin and Greek roots or stems, in each of the words on the page.

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Curriculum Codes

Uses knowledge of sentence structure, grammar, punctuation and vocabulary to respond to and compose clear and cohesive texts in different media and technologies

Draws on appropriate strategies to accurately spell familiar and unfamiliar words when composing texts

EN3-OLC-01 new

Communicates to wide audiences with social and cultural awareness, by interacting and presenting, and by analysing and evaluating for understanding

EN3-VOCAB-01 new

Extends Tier 2 and Tier 3 vocabulary through interacting, wide reading and writing, morphological analysis and generating precise definitions for specific contexts

EN3-RECOM-01 new

Fluently reads and comprehends texts for wide purposes, analysing text structures and language, and by monitoring comprehension

AC9E5LA08 9

Understand how vocabulary is used to express greater precision of meaning, including through the use of specialist and technical terms, and explore the history of words

ACELA1512 8.4

Understand the use of vocabulary to express greater precision of meaning, and know that words can have different meanings in different contexts

ACELA1500 8.4

Understand that the pronunciation, spelling and meanings of words have histories and change over time

Understand the use of vocabulary to express greater precision of meaning, and know that words can have different meanings in different contexts

Understand that the pronunciation, spelling and meanings of words have histories and change over time

Differentiation

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Students can extend their vocabulary by researching or adding any other words that belong to the same root word family.

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Subject: English, Language for Expressing & Developing Ideas, Language for Interacting With Others

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Category: Resources, Classroom Displays

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Subject: English, Language for Expressing & Developing Ideas, Language for Interacting With Others

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Where did it Come From?

What did it Mean?

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Subject: English, Language for Expressing & Developing Ideas, Language for Interacting With Others

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How has it Changed?

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Subject: English, Language for Expressing & Developing Ideas, Language for Interacting With Others

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How has it Changed?

What is the Word?

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Year Level: Year 4, Year 5, Year 6

Subject: English, Language for Expressing & Developing Ideas, Phonic & Word Knowledge, Language for Interacting With Others

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Year Level: Year 4, Year 5, Year 6

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Category: Games & Activities

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Subject: English, Language for Expressing & Developing Ideas, Language for Interacting With Others

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Subject: English, Language for Expressing & Developing Ideas, Phonic & Word Knowledge, Language for Interacting With Others

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