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Baby Theo Learns to Crawl

Grade 1 root words practice: read a story about a baby who learns to crawl and find roots like crawl, rock and yawn with -s, -ed and -ing.

Grade 1ELAInteractive · Printable

Aligned toL.1.4.c

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  • Single worksheet
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  • 1 Common Core standard
  • Printable answer key
  • 10 questions
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Details

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 identify the root word in words that end in -s, -ed or -ing.
  • Students add -s, -ed and -ing to a root word to make new words.
  • Students sort and match words by their root word and their ending.

How to use

Read the story aloud together, then have students answer on their own. Remind them to cover the ending with a finger to find the root word.

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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Baby Theo Learns to Crawl

Find root words and the endings -s, -ed and -ing in a story about a baby.

Read about Theo

Read the story. Then answer the questions.

Baby Theo Learns to Crawl

1Ana has a baby brother. His name is Theo. Theo is learning to crawl. Last week, he rocked back and forth on his hands and knees. Then he crawled one small step and squealed!

2Today, Ana puts a red ball on the rug. Theo is reaching for it. He crawls and crawls. At last, he grabs the ball! Ana cheers, and Theo squeals with joy.

3After lunch, Theo burped. Then he spilled his milk! Dad cleaned it up. Soon Theo yawned a big yawn. Dad rocked him in the soft chair until he was sleeping.

1.
Read paragraph 1. Split the word squealed into its root word and its ending. Write each part.

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2.
Read paragraph 2. How many times do you see a word with the root word crawl? Write the number.

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