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Rooting Out Meaning: Morpheme Match-Ups in the Primary Grades
| Grades | 3 – 5 |
| Lesson Plan Type | Standard Lesson |
| Estimated Time | Three 30-minute sessions |
| Lesson Author |
Ridley Park, Pennsylvania |
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CALENDAR ACTIVITIES
Grades 3 – 12 | Calendar Activity |  October 16
Dictionary author Noah Webster was born in 1758.
Students play a variation of the game Balderdash to practice vocabulary.
PRINTOUTS
Grades 5 – 12 | Printout | Informational Sheet
Common Content Area Roots and Affixes
This printout offers 50 or so common roots, prefixes, and affixes that give students access to hundreds of key concepts across the content areas.
PROFESSIONAL LIBRARY
Grades K – 5 | Professional Library | Journal
ROOTing Out Meaning: More Morphemic Analysis for Primary Pupils
Help students learn to construct meaning from word parts.

