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Building Words: How a Skyscraper Rises

Grade 4 word-attack practice: use the roots struct, port, spect and tract to read long words in and out of an article about building a skyscraper.

Grade 4ELAInteractive · Printable

Aligned toRF.4.3.a

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  • 1 Common Core standard
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  • 11 questions
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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 use the Latin roots struct, port, spect and tract to read unfamiliar multisyllable words.
  • Students combine prefixes, roots and suffixes to work out what a long word means.
  • Students read multisyllable words in context in an informational article.

How to use

Review the four roots together before students begin. After they read the article, have them point to the root in each long word before they answer.

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.

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Building Words: How a Skyscraper Rises

Use Latin roots to read long words about a tall building.

Root warm-up

Find the root in each word. The root is a clue to how the word sounds and what it means.

1.
Match each Latin root to its meaning.
  1. struct
  2. port
  3. spect
  4. tract
  1. A. look
  2. B. pull
  3. C. build
  4. D. carry
2.
Read each word. Sort it by the root it contains.
exportspectacledestructionsubtractinspectionportertractorinstructor
structportspecttract
3.
A tape measure has a retractable tape. The prefix re- means "back," and the suffix -able means "able to be." Use those parts and the root tract. What does retractable mean?
  • A. able to be carried far away
  • B. able to be pulled back in
  • C. able to be looked at closely
  • D. able to be built once again

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