Grade 5 Vocabulary, Morphology & Word Study: Multiple-Meaning Words and Categories
10 printable 5th Grade vocabulary & word study worksheets on Multiple-Meaning Words and Categories. The first three are free to download; All Access opens all 10.
Practice pages support a program; they are not the lesson. These sheets reinforce Phonics, Decoding, and Early Fluency — Grade 5, the complete K–5 reading curriculum from Faith Readers. See every program →
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Teaching Multiple-Meaning Words and Categories
What it is
Some words carry more than one meaning, and the sentence decides which one is meant: a bat can fly or hit a ball, and bark can be on a tree or come from a dog. These pages also sort words into categories such as animals, foods, and tools, which is how a child files new vocabulary so it can be found again.
When a child is ready
Begin when the child can explain what a familiar word means, and can name two things that belong together and say why.
If they struggle
Draw both meanings of one word side by side, then read a sentence aloud and have the child point to the picture that fits. For the sorting work, name the category before sorting rather than after, and let the child add one word of their own to each group so the category is theirs and not the page's.
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