Six pages on word families: write the root word, cut and sort words under their roots, circle the family word that fits each sentence, and use the root to choose a meaning.
Write help in the middle of the board and build a web: helper, helpful, helpless, unhelpful. Ask how each word is still about help.
Pick a word like play and see how many family words you can make together: player, playful, replay, playground.
Word families built on one root word, like help, helper, helpful and helpless. Students find the root word, sort words by their root, pick the family word that fits a sentence and use the root to work out a meaning.
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