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Tide Pool Word Detectives

Grade 4 word-attack practice: split long words into syllables and use prefixes, suffixes and roots to read them alone and in a tide pool story.

Grade 4ELAInteractive · Printable

Aligned toRF.4.3.a

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What’s included

Single worksheet
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1 Common Core standard
Printable answer key
13 questions
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Details

Format: Interactive · Printable
Grade: Grade 4
Subject: ELA
Question types: Fill in the blank, Multiple choice, Matching, Circle the answer, Sorting, Short answer

About this worksheet

What students practice

Students divide multisyllable words into syllables using common syllable patterns.
Students use prefixes, suffixes and roots to read and understand unfamiliar words.
Students apply word-part strategies to long words in a short story.

How to use

Have students say each word quietly before they answer. Read the story aloud once, then let students tap out each long word in chunks as they work.

Curriculum

Common Core standard covered

RF.4.3.a

Use letter-sound knowledge, syllable patterns, and word parts such as roots and affixes to read unfamiliar multisyllable words, in and out of context.