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Suffix Worksheets

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Word ending suffixes for verbs can be tricky business. Want a quick check for understanding for -ed and -ing verbs? Check this out and give it to your first or second graders. It could be used as a pre- and post-exam. I can certainly see this being a part of a larger verb unit. Enhance your students’ word power!

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Suffix Worksheets

Homophone Worksheets

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Homophones are some of the most commonly used and misused words in our language. The only way to avoid homophone errors is to use them frequently and drill the correct usage into students. Use this worksheet to get a head start. Then, see if they can come up with more homophone pairs in a journal log or on the back of this page! See who can get the most pairs and trios of homophones. This is also a great ESL vocab builder.

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Homophone Worksheets

High Frequency Word Worksheets

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Nothing says back to school like tackling some sight word lists! Without knowing these words by rote, oral reading fluency drops significantly. Keep these in a binder to test students or send home these word lists for parents to test their kids on every day. It’s a great school-home connection piece in primary grades.

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High Frequency Word Worksheets

Dolch Word Worksheets

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High frequency wordlists are amazing tools! I always liked to make a folder with clear sheet protectors for each of my students. In each sheet protector, I’d put a word list. You can then use a washable marker to star the ones they need to study when you do a mini-conference with each student. It’s a great tool to communicate with home, too! Parents know exactly which words to focus on for the week.

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Dolch Word Worksheets

Compound Words Worksheets

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To hyphenate, or not to hyphenate, that is the question! It’s always hard for younger students to figure out which words get a space, which ones get a hyphen, and which ones just get glued together. Give them some practice with more common compound words with this sheet from have fun teaching. It’d be easy to add in some extension activities here. Kagan activities where they trade words sounds like a good idea, perhaps a card swap activity where they have to match up the other half of their word with the one another student is holding. Make it fun to learn this!

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Compound Words Worksheets