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Choose three words from your Words Their Way list. When you choose the words, look up the root of each word (Go to the Sandburg Website, - Teacher Pages - Technology - Reading - Roots, Prefixes, Suffixes) and write down the root's meaning. After that, find 5 additional words that have the same root.

My word: Punishment Root: Punish Meaning: severe handling or treatment Related words: Punishing, Punished, Punisher, Penalty, Selfpunishing
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My word: Blindness Root: Blind Meaning: not able to see Related words: Blinding, Blinded, Blinder, Selfblinded, Blindingly

My word: Hopeless Root: Hope Meaning: without hope, dispairing Related words: Hoping, Hopelessness, Hopelessly, Dispairing, Despondent