ROOTY® and Route Routes® - NEW WORD PUZZLES created by Jan and Carey Orr Cook

The new ROOTY® puzzle takes one root and and challenged you to find the four words that all come from the same root. Sentences using the hidden word in context are given as hints to help you. Below is a sample puzzle along with links to 4 other "Rootys".

  • DUCT
  • LUC
  • POS
  • PEL

    Go to the "Root-a-Week" link here to get "Rootys" three times a week FOR FREE for the entire 36 week school year!

    These 20 Root Routes® puzzles are more challenging than the ones you have become familar with in either our "sessions" or our "thematic puzzle sets." Study the roots and the root meaning in groups before trying to solve the puzzle. The grade level of each word has been identified.
    An additional exercise might include putting any set of five words from a puzzle into your own "contectual story" or using each word separately in a new sentence! Students can work individually or in groups.
    We believe this "morpheme-approach" is another way to interest students, parents and life-long learners to the "joy of vocabulary."
    Feel free to make a copy for home or in the classroom!
    Here's one sample of the 20 puzzles in the table above:

    Of note:
    Our daily Rootonym® word puzzle feature is nationally syndicated by:
    Universal Press-uclick LLC (http://content.uclick.com), our syndicator for online play
    Tribune Media Services Inc. (http://tms.tribune.com) is our syndicator for print publication.
    Rooty® and Root Routes®, additional word-play features, are self-syndicated in several spots in print. (see link ABOUT US). These new puzzles add communication skills and verbal abilities.
    Jan and Carey look forward to talking with you about all these exciting project!

    Reminder:
    Don't forget to complete other activities and educational exercises from our current Session #138:

    Interactive puzzles at grade level: ["S138 Level 1"] -- ["S138 Level 2"] -- ["S138 Level 3"]
    Crosswords: ["S138Level 1 C/W"] -- ["S138Level 2 C/W"] -- ["S138Level 3 C/W"]
    Find the Words: ["S138Level 1 WF"] -- ["S138Level 2 WF"] -- ["S138Level 3 WF"]
    Fill-in-the-Blanks: ["S138Level 1-FITB"] -- ["S138Level 2-FITB"] -- ["S138Level 3-FITB"]
    Synonym/Antonym Encounters: [S138Level 1-Syn/Ant] -- [S138Level 2-Syn/Ant] -- [S138Level 3-Syn/Ant]
    Definition MATCH: ["S138Level 1-Match"] -- ["S138Level 2-Match"] -- ["S138Level 3-Match"]
    Is It True or False?: ["S138Level 1 T/F"] -- ["S138Level 2 T/F"] -- ["S138Level 3 T/F"]
    Contextual Stories: ["S138Level 1 Story"] -- ["S138Level 2 Story"] -- ["S138Level 3 Story"]

    Any questions can be directed to Jan and Carey Cook at Vocabulary University for clarification. If you are a teacher, please give us the name, city, state/country of your school. For details on other thematic content click School Thematic Content Calendar.

    If you want our free "Alphalary" (alphabetical vocabulary list) of 310 science-related words just email your request to Science Words and put "science" in the subject line. Please include your school, city, state/country and grade you teach, if applicable.
    We also have a thematic Alphalaries on Earth. Email your request to EARTH Words and put "earth" in the subject line.

    If you want to see all of our 60 "Alphalaries" click on this link: Alphabetical Vocabulary List or, in particular, request our 432 Character-Ed related words just email your request to Character Education Words and put "character" in the subject line. Please include the name of your school, city, state/country and grade you teach, if applicable.
    Have you tried our set of puzzles inspired by Harry Potter? "Visit our Wizard puzzles". If you want our alphabetical list of 160 Wizard-related words just email your request to Wizard Words putting "wizard" in the subject line.

    Click here for "Teacher Tips & Ideas" on how to use our thematic Alphalaries.

    Please visit our eight features on The Most Important SAT*/ACT* Words:
    Most Important SAT* Words #1
    Most Important SAT* Words #2
    Most Important SAT* Words #3
    Most Important SAT* Words #4
    Most Important SAT* Words #5
    Most Important SAT* Words #6
    Most Important SAT* Words #7
    Most Important SAT* Words #8

    See a list of all TOP 144 SAT* words we have put in puzzles from SAT#1 -thru- SAT#8.
    *Test names and other trademarks are the property of the respective trademark holders.
    None of the trademark holders are affiliated with Vocabulary University or this website.

    [Home Page] [Root-a-Week] [Word City] [Mini-Lesson Plan Puzzles] [Participating Schools]***
    [39 Week Lesson Plan] [Content Matrix] [Tell-a-Friend] [Links to us] [About us] [Free Registration]

    *** If your school is not listed in our "Participating Schools" above, please give us your school's name, city and state/country. Thanks!

    We want to acknowledge that the word definitions in these puzzles are used with the permission of Random House Inc. and most come from their "Random House Webster's College Dictionary".

    Any use of the content or characters at Vocabulary University® and other features on www.vocabulary.com is prohibited without the express written consent of Vocabulary University.

    Copyright © 2005 Vocabulary University®