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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: Kinder Root:  Kinde Meaning: Always ready to help others and do good; gentle, generous, etc. Related words: Kind, Kindly, Kindness, Kindest

My word: Kindest Root: Kinde Meaning: Always ready to help others and do good; gentle, generous, etc. Related words: Kind, Kinder, Kindly, Kindness

My word: Earlier Root: Erly Meaning: Before the usual or expected time. Related words: Early, Earliest

My word: Earliest Root: Erly Meaning: Before the usual or expected time. Related words: Early, Earlier

My word: Stranger Root: Extraneus Meaning: Not before known, heard, or seen. Related words: Strange, Strangest

My word: Strangest Root: Extraneus Meaning: Not before known, heard, or seen. Related Words: Strange, Strangest

My word: Emptier Root: It doesn't say. Meaning: Marked by the absence of life, activity, or comfort. Related words: Empty, Emptiest, Unempty

My word: Emptiest Root: It doesn't say. Meaning: Marked by the absence of life, activity, or comfort. Related words: Empty, Emptier, Unempty

My word: Cleaner Root: Clene Meaning: Free from dirt or polution. Related words: Clean, Cleanest, Unclean

My word: Cleanest Root: Clene Meaning: Free of dirt or polution. Related words: Cleaner, Unclean

My word: Harsher Root: Harsk Meaning: Phisically discomforting. Related words: Harsh, Harshest, Harshly

My word: Harshest Root: Harsk Maning: Phisically discomforting. Reated words: Harsh, Harsher, Harshly

My word: Trickier Root: Doesn't say it. Meaning: Inclined to or marked by trickery. Related words: Tricky, Trickery, Trickiest

My word: Trickiest Root: Doesn't say it. Meaning: Inclined to or marked by trickery. Related words: Tricky, Trickery, Trickier

My word: Fancier Root: Doesn't say. Meaning: Of particular excellence or highest grade. Related words: Fancy, Fancying, Fancies, Fancied, Fanciest

My word: Crummier Root: Crumme Meaning: Very poor or inferior. Related words: Crummy, Crummiest

My word: Crummiest Root: Crumme Meaning: Very poor or inferior. Related words: Crummy, Crummier

My word: Murkier Root: Doesn't say. Meaning: Darkly vague or obscure. Related words: Murky, Murkiest

My word: Murkiest Root: Doesn't say. Meaning: Darkly vague or obscure. Related words: Murky, Murkier