Root Words and Endings Activity
- Grades
- Preschool–Junior Kindergarten, Grade 1
- File type
- Preparation
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- Subject
- Grammar, ELA
- Topic
- Suffixes
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About this resource
This activity is perfect for students who are struggling with creating new words. By matching root words to word endings, they will be able to see how new words are created. This will help them understand how to use root words to create new words on their own.
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Learning objectives
Add -s, -ed and -ing to a root word to make new words
Recognize the root word inside an inflected word
Skills covered
Word building — pairing root-word paddles with ending balls
Spelling inflected forms — writing forms such as jumps, jumped and jumping in the table
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Core concepts
Core concepts
Root words
Inflectional endings
Suffixes -s, -ed, -ing
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