Image of Root Power buying a fancy vase
Illustrations by Lance Lekander
Vocab Lab,

One Word, 3 Ways / Root Power!

Weird, Wild, and Wonderful Words

From the May/June 2024 Issue
Featured Skill: Vocabulary and Grammar,
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  • Common Core
    Anchor Standards: L.4, L.5, L.6 Grade 4: L.4.4, L.4.5, L.4.6 Grade 5: L.5.4, L.5.5, L.5.6 Grade 6: L.6.4, L.6.5, 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 adventurous kid uses the word of the issue, sport.

Sport can mean:

  • a physical activity or game done in a competition or for enjoyment
  • to wear something to try to attract attention
  • someone who behaves politely, especially in a competition  

Lance Lekander

I’m trying out a new sport today: skateboarding.

I wanted to look good, so I decided to sport my new helmet and shoes.

I wasn’t the best, but I was a good sport about it and had fun anyway.

Wild Word Challenge!

The word sport appears in this issue’s paired texts and infographic. Can you find it in one of those features and determine which meaning is used?

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 roots frag (to break) and fract (broken). Can you figure out the meaning of the orange words below?

Lance Lekander

Lexie: I just bought this beautiful but fragile vase.

Lexie: Oh no! I tripped and dropped it. Now the vase is in fragments.

Lexie: And I think I fractured my arm in the fall!

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 May/June 2024 issue.  


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