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At the Town Records Desk: Word-Part Clues

Explore a town records clerk's work while using Greek and Latin roots and affixes to understand words, compare meanings, and explain clues.

Grade 5ELAInteractive · Printable

Aligned toL.5.4.b

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1 Common Core standard
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14 questions
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Format: Interactive · Printable
Grade: Grade 5
Subject: ELA
Question types: Fill in the blank, Multiple choice, Matching, Circle the answer, Sorting, Short answer

About this worksheet

What students practice

Students connect common Greek and Latin roots and affixes with their meanings.
Students combine root and affix meanings to determine unfamiliar word meanings.
Students explain how word parts provide clues to meaning in a community-job setting.

How to use

Complete the opening matches together and check their meanings before students continue. Have students mark the word parts that support their answers.

Curriculum

Common Core standard covered

L.5.4.b

Use common grade-appropriate Greek and Latin affixes and roots as clues to word meaning, such as photograph and photosynthesis.

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At the Town Records Desk: Word-Part Clues

Use Greek and Latin word parts to unlock the language of a community helper.

Open the Word-Part Files

Match the word parts with their meanings. Then use those clues to answer the questions.

Town records clerks organize documents and help people find information about their community. At the records desk, Dalia is learning how clerks use written reports, old schedules, and building records. Greek and Latin word parts can help her understand unfamiliar words.

Match each root to its meaning. The example words are clues.