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Amara's Letter About Grandpa's Photo Album

Grade 3 root word practice: read a letter about Grandpa's photo album and use known words like family and company 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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  • 10 questions
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Format
Interactive · Printable
Grade
Grade 3
Subject
ELA
Question types
Fill in the blank, Multiple choice, Sorting, Short answer

About this worksheet

What students practice

  • Students identify the known root word inside a longer word, such as child in childhood.
  • Students use a root word as a clue to a new word's meaning, such as company and companion.
  • Students group words that share the same root word.

How to use

Read the letter together and talk about how the word company helps explain companion. Then have students use root words as clues to answer the questions.

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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Amara's Letter About Grandpa's Photo Album

Use root words you know as clues to new words.

Read the letter

Read Amara's letter to her cousin. Look for long words with a word you know inside them.

A Letter to Jonah

1Dear Jonah,
Last weekend I stayed with Grandpa Eli. On Saturday it rained all day, so Grandpa pulled a heavy photo album down from a high shelf. “These pictures are from my childhood,” he said. I could hardly believe that Grandpa was ever eight years old!

2The first page showed a boy with a big grin and a scruffy brown dog. “That is Biscuit,” Grandpa said. “She was my best companion. She kept me company everywhere I went, even on the walk to school.”

3Grandpa's mother took most of the pictures in the album. She was the family photographer. She brought her camera to every birthday, wedding and holiday, and she always called out, “Smile, everyone!”

4One photo showed a tall, narrow house with a red door. It looked very familiar to me, and then I remembered why. Mom has the same picture hanging in our hallway at home! I have walked past it a hundred times.

5The last picture showed Grandpa's mother standing on a high diving board. Grandpa said she was afraid of heights, but she climbed up and jumped anyway. “She was courageous,” he said proudly. I hope I can be that courageous someday.

6I can't wait to show you the album the next time you visit.
Your cousin,
Amara

Root words in the letter

A root word is a word you know that is inside a longer word. Use it as a clue to the longer word's meaning.

1.
Write the root word inside each word from the letter.

childhood →  
courageous →  

2.
In paragraph 2, Grandpa says Biscuit was his best companion. Use the root word company. What is a companion?
  • A. a pet that learns tricks for treats
  • B. an animal that guards a house
  • C. a friend who spends time with you
  • D. a person who sells things at a store
3.
In paragraph 4, the house looks familiar to Amara. Use the root word family and the details in paragraph 4. What does familiar mean?
  • A. well known, seen many times before
  • B. brand new and never seen before
  • C. tall and narrow, like a tower
  • D. painted a bright and cheerful color
4.
In paragraph 3, Grandpa's mother was the family photographer. Use the root word photograph. What does a photographer do?
  • A. paints pictures of family members
  • B. fixes cameras that are broken
  • C. plans parties and holiday dinners
  • D. takes pictures with a camera
5.
In paragraph 5, Grandpa says his mother was courageous. The root word is courage. Which detail shows that she was courageous?
  • A. She liked to take pictures of her family.
  • B. She was scared of heights but jumped anyway.
  • C. She lived in a tall house with a red door.
  • D. She is in the last picture of the album.

Use root clues

Look for a root word you know inside each word.

6.
Sort each word by its root word.
pleasantchildishunfamiliarpleasurefamilieschildren
Root word: childRoot word: familyRoot word: please
7.
Write the word with the root word courage that completes the sentence.

Amara's friends clapped and cheered to   her at the swim race.

8.
Which word has the same root as companion?
  • A. compass
  • B. company
  • C. computer
  • D. complete
9.
Choose the TWO words that have the root word memory.
  • A. member
  • B. memorable
  • C. melody
  • D. memorize
10.
Friend is a root word. Write a longer word that has the root word friend inside it. Then use your word in a sentence.

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