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The Ant Trail by the Fence

Grade 1 root words practice with a class ant report: find roots like pull, climb and lift in words that end in -s, -ed and -ing.

Grade 1ELAInteractive · Printable

Aligned toL.1.4.c

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  • 1 Common Core standard
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  • 10 questions
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Format
Interactive · Printable
Grade
Grade 1
Subject
ELA
Question types
Fill in the blank, Multiple choice, Matching, Circle the answer, Sorting, Short answer

About this worksheet

What students practice

  • Students find the root word in words with the endings -s, -ed and -ing.
  • Students tell apart root words and words that have an ending.
  • Students match words that share the same root word.

How to use

Read the ant report with the class, then have students work alone or with a partner. Before the last section, show that some words, like sing, end in the letters i-n-g but have no -ing ending.

Curriculum

Common Core standard covered

L.1.4.c

Identify frequently occurring root words, such as look, and their inflected forms, such as looks, looked, and looking.

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The Ant Trail by the Fence

Find root words and endings in a class report about ants.

Read the report

Read about the ants. Then answer the questions.

Ants by the Fence

1On Monday, our class watched ants by the fence. The ants followed each other in a long line. Ms. Diaz told us that many ants leave a smell trail. Other ants follow the trail to find food.

2One ant was pulling a cracker crumb. The crumb was bigger than the ant! The ant pulled and pulled. Then two more ants joined it. Together, they lifted the crumb over a stick.

3On Tuesday, some ants were climbing a tall weed. One tiny ant rested on a leaf. Then it climbed down and went back to work. Those ants were very busy!

1.
Read paragraph 1. The word followed has a root word and an ending. Which shows its two parts?
  • A. follow + s
  • B. fellow + ed
  • C. follow + ed
  • D. follow + ing
2.
Read paragraph 3. Underline the sentence that has a word with the root word rest.

On Tuesday, some ants were climbing a tall weed.One tiny ant rested on a leaf.Then it climbed down and went back to work.Those ants were very busy!

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