Description

This colourful set of 56 Greek and Latin Root Words Task Cards helps students to build word sense and improve literacy skills and reading comprehension. Print and laminate these Greek and Latin Root Words task cards for regular use!

This set of 56 Greek and Latin Root Words Task Cards features:

The first 16 task cards require students to choose the correct meaning of the root word (in context).
The next 16 task cards involve choosing the correct meaning of the root word from three examples.
The next 10 task cards require students to choose the correct word to fill in the gap in the sentence. This will require a demonstration of their understanding of Greek and Latin Root Words.
The final 14 task cards involve creating new words using a root word matrix.
Student recording sheet
Answers

The 15 Greek and Latin Root Words covered in this resource are:

aud/audi
bene
chron
graph
ject
meter/metre
flect/flex
phon
photo
port
bio
scrib/script
rupt
therm
tract

Why Teach Morphology (Prefixes, Suffixes and Greek and Latin Root Words)

When students gain morphological awareness, they:

build word sense.
build literacy skills.
build knowledge in content.
build an understanding of multiple meanings, through the study of word families.

A meta-analysis conducted by Bowers et al (2010) of 22 morphology studies found that morphology instruction benefits learners, especially less proficient readers.