Grade 3 · Reading · Lesson 3

Build Word Families

A word family is a group of words that all share the same root word. They look similar and are related in meaning. Knowing one word in a family helps you understand all the others in that group.

What this lesson teaches

1Define what a word family is and explain how words in a family are related
2Identify the root word shared by members of the same word family
3Match a root word to a related word-family member

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