Greek and Latin Roots: Five Worksheets and a Vocabulary Craftivity

Keep your students engaged as they practice identifying and defining words with Greek and Latin roots. Best of all, it provides a visual connection to the meaning of word "roots"! Your students complete five worksheets where they identify words with Greek and Latin roots in the 60 sentences. The finished products make a unique bulletin board or fun school hallway display!

This engaging activity puts a fun spin on learning the meanings of Latin and Greek roots! Better yet, it provides a visual connection to the meaning of word "roots"! It also makes a creative bulletin board or school hallway display!

HERE'S WHAT YOU GET:

• FIVE WORKSHEETS- Students read each sentence and circle the word that contains a Greek or Latin root. On the line that follows, they write the root, the root's meaning, and the meaning of the circled word. These worksheets feature 12 different roots and 60 sentences in all! (If you have a limited amount of time, you do not have to complete all of the worksheets- you can complete two worksheets with 25 sentences, as well.)
• Answer keys for all five worksheets
• CRAFTIVITY IMAGES- These include the flowers, pots, and root images. They write the circled words from the worksheet on the flower petals and they write the meaning of the root on the root image.
• Student-friendly instructions (with photos!!) that detail how to assemble the craftivity.
• Additional notes for the teacher with explanations on materials that need to be gathered and additional instructions.

Roots included:

dict-

scrib-

port-

oct-

bi-

ped-

uni-

audi-

graph-

meter-

tract-

hydr-

Check out the PREVIEW!

What teachers like you have said about this resource:

⭐️ Jamie D. said, "This is a great activity that I do with my intervention students. This skill is always tested on state tests, and it is very helpful when students are attempting to define unknown words."

⭐️ Regina H. said, "What a fun and engaging activity to practice Greek and Latin roots!"

⭐️ Olivia B. said, "This was really fun!! The kiddos had to do some serious work before getting to the fun part, which I appreciated!"

⭐️ Heather M. said, "The study of Greek and Latin words should be a year-long study. Next time, I intend to use this from the beginning of the year throughout the year."

⭐️ Miss V. said, "My students and I love the craftivity projects, and this one is exceptional. Learning Greek and Latin roots is always a challenge, and I appreciate the variety of those used in this assignment."

Feel free to look at my related resources for teaching Greek and Latin roots:

Greek and Latin Roots PowerPoint

Greek and Latin Roots: I have… Who has…?

Greek and Latin Roots: A Reference Flipbook

Latin Root Bingo

Greek and Latin Root Worksheets

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