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Career Day: Root Word Clues

Grade 3 vocabulary practice: read a Career Day story and use known root words like music and history to figure out new words.

Grade 3ELAInteractive · Printable

Aligned toL.3.4.c

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1 Common Core standard
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9 questions
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Format: Interactive · Printable
Grade: Grade 3
Subject: ELA
Question types: Fill in the blank, Multiple choice, Matching, Circle the answer, Short answer

About this worksheet

What students practice

Students find a known root word inside a longer word, such as music in musician.
Students use a known root word as a clue to the meaning of a new word with the same root.

How to use

Read the story together and point out the word music inside musician. Then let students answer the questions, looking for a known word inside each new word.

Curriculum

Common Core standard covered

L.3.4.c

Use a known root word as a clue to the meaning of an unknown word with the same root, such as company and companion.

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Career Day: Root Word Clues

Use a word you know to figure out a new word.

Read the story

Read the story. Look for long words that have a word you know inside them.

Career Day at Brookside School

1On Career Day, three visitors came to Mr. Chen's third-grade class. Each guest told the students about a job. Zara had a notebook, and her task was to write down any new words she heard.

2The first guest was Mr. Diaz, an electrician. He held up a coil of wire and a small light switch. His job is to put in the wires that carry electric power to lights and outlets in buildings. Before he starts, he turns the power off. “Safety comes first in my job,” he told the class.

3Next came Dr. Okoro, a historian. She showed the class an old map of their town. “I study history,” she explained. “I read old letters, maps and newspapers to learn what life was like long ago.” Lucas asked if she ever found surprises. “All the time!” she said with a laugh.

4The last guest was Ms. Lin, a musician. She opened a case and lifted out a shiny violin. “I play music with a city orchestra,” she said. Then she gave a short performance of a lively tune. The students clapped along, and when the song ended, everyone cheered.

5After the guests left, Zara looked at her notebook. “Electrician, historian, musician,” she read. “Each long word has a word I already know inside it.” Mr. Chen smiled. “That is a smart clue,” he said. “A word you know can help you figure out a word you don't.”

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