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4th Grade ELA Worksheets

Every sheet below prints on plain letter paper and comes with its answer key on the second page. The words and sentences come from a hand-checked list for the skill, not generated on the fly — so a phonics sheet only ever contains real words.

1. Greek and Latin Roots

Recognizing a shared word part (usually from Greek or Latin) that carries meaning across many English words — bio means life in biology, biography, and antibiotic.

When: Fourth grade.

Watch for: Assuming any matching letters are the root — spotting "art" inside "start" and treating it as meaningful, when it's coincidental.

10 sets · 16 items each

  • L.4.4.b

Next: Figurative language in fifth grade, a different kind of meaning-beyond-the-literal-words skill.

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