Illustration of Root Power with a unicorn costume head mask
Illustrations by Lance Lekander
Vocab Lab,

One Word, 3 Ways / Root Power!

Weird, Wild, and Wonderful Words

From the February 2024 Issue
Featured Skill: Vocabulary and Grammar,
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  • Common Core
    Anchor Standards: L.4, L.6 Grade 4: L.4.4, L.4.6 Grade 5: L.5.4, L.5.6 Grade 6: L.6.4, L.6.6
  • TEKS
    Grade 4: 4.3 Grade 5: 5.3 Grade 6: 6.2

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One Word, 3 Ways  

Look how this hardworking kid uses the word of the issue, succeed. 

Succeed can mean:

  • to get a particular job or position after someone else has left
  • to come next in a series
  • to be successful at something

Lance Lekander

My older brother quit his babysitting job, and I got to succeed him!

The next book in my favorite series is coming out. “Worm Storm #9” will succeed “Worm Storm #8.”

I need to succeed at this new job so I have enough money to buy it.

Wild Word Challenge!

The word succeed appears in this issue’s paired texts feature. Can you find it and determine which meaning is used there?

Root Power!  

Meet Lexie! She time traveled from the ancient world and landed in Storyworks. Lexie loves words—especially ones with Greek and Latin roots. Today she’s using words with the Latin root uni. That means one. Can you figure out the meaning of the orange words below? 

Lance Lekander

Lexie: I have a new job delivering pizzas. Everyone wears the same uniform.

    Bonus: Do you see the root in this picture too? 

Lexie: And we deliver pizzas in a unique way. 

Lexie: By unicycle!

Root Power Contest!

What root should Lexie use next? Find three words that contain the same Greek or Latin root of your choice. Then write a sentence for each word (or create a comic that features your words). Entries must be submitted to “Root Power Contest” by a teacher, parent, or legal guardian.* Students whose entries are chosen for a future issue will receive a prize! 

*Entries must be written by a student in grades 2-8 and submitted by their teacher, parent, or legal guardian, who will be the entrant and must be a legal resident of the U.S. age 18 or older. Visit the Storyworks Contests page for more information.

This article was originally published in the February 2024 issue.  


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