Free printable latin root: -dict- (say/tell) phonics worksheets. Four practice activities: decodable passage, word sort, phrasing cards, and rapid naming chart.
Grade: 3rdPhase 6: Greek & Latin RootsPattern: Latin root -dict- (say/tell): dictate, predict, verdict, diction, contradict
A short, decodable story embedding latin root: -dict- (say/tell) words. Students read the passage then highlight all the target words.
Chad's Club Rules
Skill: Latin Root: -dict- (say/tell) • Sight Words: the, a, and, to, was, is, it, she, he, they, said, have, with, you, are, of, for, her, there, one
Coloring page included in PDF
Beth and Chad had a fun club in the back yard. They met in a big wooden fort. One day, Chad did decide he loved to be the boss. He felt he could be a dictator and tell everyone what to do. He did stand up on a tall stump to dictate his new rule to the club.
"I have a new edict," Chad said in a loud voice. "From now on, no one can eat a chip in the club fort. It will make too much of a mess."
Beth did not like this at all. She did stand up to contradict him. "That is a bad rule," she said. "We love a chip. We always clean up our mess."
Chad spoke up so everyone could hear him. "The boss can make the rule," he said.
Beth did shake her head. "That is a contradiction of our old rule," she said. "Our club has a rule that we all vote together. You cannot just dictate a thing to us."
Chad was sure he would win if they did a vote. He grinned and had a prediction. "I predict that the rest of the club will vote for my rule," he said. Chad was very predictable. He always loved a thing his way, and he always was sure he was right.
Beth did grab a pen and a pad of paper. She did list what everyone wanted. Every kid did hope to keep their snack. Then, Beth did open a big thick dictionary. She did flip to a page and pointed at a word. "See," she said. "A dictator is a very bad boss."
It was time for the final verdict. Beth told the club to vote on the rule. Chad watched as everyone did lift a hand to keep the snack. His prediction was wrong. Not one person did vote for his silly edict.
"Will you be mad at me for a bad rule?" Chad said with a sad frown.
Beth did smile gently. "No," she said. "We will just eat our snack." Chad did step down from the stump. He had a vow not to be a dictator again. The club was fun again, and the snack did taste good.
Find and circle the latin root: -dict- (say/tell) words hidden in the grid. Words go across, down, and diagonally — a fun way to reinforce latin root: -dict- (say/tell) word recognition.
📖 Decodable Readers for Latin Root: -dict- (say/tell)
Next step: once your child can sound out these words, have them read a matching decodable mini-book. Each Latin Root: -dict- (say/tell) reader is a printable story + coloring page using only sounds they've learned.
These free Latin root worksheets focus on -dict- (say/tell) — the root inside dictate, predict, verdict, diction, dictionary, and contradict. Activities include a decodable passage, a word sort, fluency phrasing cards, and a rapid naming chart. Recognizing -dict- helps readers unlock prediction, contradiction, dictation, and many more vocabulary words. Each worksheet prints cleanly on US Letter paper.
