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Weaving Words on a Cardboard Loom

Use root words like tight, soft and weave to figure out new words.

Read the how-to

How to Weave on a Cardboard Loom

1A loom is a frame that holds strings while you weave. You can make a small loom from stiff cardboard and some soft yarn. Then you can be a weaver, too!

2Step 1: Ask a grown-up to help you cut small notches across the top and bottom of the cardboard. Space the notches evenly, about one finger apart.

3Step 2: Wrap yarn up and down the cardboard, slipping it into each notch. If the strings feel floppy, tighten them. If the cardboard starts to bend, loosen them a little.

4Step 3: Tie a new piece of yarn to the first string. Weave it over one string and under the next, all the way across. Then come back the other way.

5Step 4: After each row, push the yarn down gently with your fingers. This keeps the rows close together.

6Step 5: When you are done, tie off the ends and lift the yarn loops off the notches. Feel the softness of the little rug you made!

Root words in the how-to

A root word is a word you already know. An ending added to it makes a new word with a meaning close to the root word.

1.
Some words look a little like weave but do not have the root word weave. Circle the three words that have the root word weave.

2.
Paragraph 1 says, "Then you can be a weaver, too!" Use the root word weave. What is a weaver?
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3.
Each word below is in the how-to. Write the root word you can find inside it.

evenly:
tighten:
softness:

4.
Use the root word in each word from the how-to. Match each word to its meaning.
5.
Step 4 (paragraph 5) says to push the yarn down gently. The root word gentle means soft and kind. How should you push the yarn?
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Try new words

Use the root word as a clue to the meaning of each new word.

6.
Use the root words to choose the word that fits each sentence. Write it on the line. One word will not be used.

1. This stick of modeling clay is cold and stiff. Roll it in your warm hands to it.
2. The art room is too dim for drawing. Open the blinds to the room.
3. The lid on the glue jar is stuck. Ask a grown-up to help you it.
4. The knob on the easel is loose, and the paper keeps sliding down. Turn the knob to it.

7.
Which word has the same root word as softness?
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8.
Read this sentence: Jay measured the thickness of the mat he wove. Use the root word thick. What did Jay measure?
Question 8 options
9.
The word straighten has the root word straight. What do you think straighten means? Use the root word to explain.