Print-and-go reading and word-study practice for grades 5–6, made by a sixth grade teacher who uses it with his own students.
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Both games run in any browser, on a phone, tablet, or Chromebook. Teachers can sign in to see class progress.
Kids combine two Greek or Latin roots to invent a magic spell, explain what it does using the meaning of each root, and save it to their spellbook. Then they take their spells into the Spell Arena.
Best for: Greek and Latin roots, explaining word meanings
Play Root Word SpellbookA word-building kitchen where kids mix prefixes, roots, and suffixes to build real words, serve customer orders, beat the clock, and discover whole word families.
Best for: prefixes, suffixes, word families · Grades 1–6+
Play Gram CrackersShort, focused practice that fits into a busy week.
Main idea and cause-and-effect nonfiction packets for grades 5–6, plus the Holidays Around the World bundle.
Visit the Bloomin' Genius storeMorphology Morning Work: a full year of daily prefix, suffix, and root practice in paperback.
See the workbooksNot sure where to start? Try a passage and a root word page first, with answer keys included.
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I've been teaching since 2006, and I teach sixth grade now. Bloomin' Genius is where I share the reading and word-study materials I build for my own students: nonfiction passages that teach main idea, morphology practice that turns big words into small parts, and games that make roots stick.
I also write books as David Craig McDonald. You can find those at davidmcdonaldbooks.com.