latin word parts

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Uni

unify fy(ie) fy(ie)

Hint: U is like a text message when you are talking about yourself. You or U are one person.

Drawn an example of a shape that has only one side.

What is a way that you can remember the meaning of the prefix uni?

Write as many words as you can with the prefix of uni.

Make up a new word with the prefix uni and describe what the item, creature, shape or whatever you’ve made would look like.

word prefix bicycle bimonthly biweekly bilingual binoculars bin(i)

Bi

base meaning ocul(us)

Hint: There are two letters in bi and it means two!

Drawn an example of a shape that has two sides.

What is a way that you can remember the meaning of the prefix bi?

Write as many words as you can with the prefix of bi.

Make up a new word with the prefix bi and describe what the item, creature, shape or whatever you’ve made would look like.

Tri

word prefix tricycle tripod base meaning trio triple x ple

Triathlon athl

Hint: There are three letters in tri and it means three!

Drawn an example of a shape that has three sides.

What is a way that you can remember the meaning of the prefix tri?

Write as many words as you can with the prefix of tri.

Make up a new word with the prefix tri and describe what the item, creature, shape or whatever you’ve made would look like.

Quad

word prefix base meaning quadrilateral later quadruplets tuplet grouping quadriped quadrangle quadratic ped angle rat(e)

Hint: There are four letters in quad which means four!

Drawn an example of a shape that has four sides.

What is a way that you can remember the meaning of the prefix quad?

Write as many words as you can with the prefix of quad.

Make up a new word with the prefix quad and describe what the item, creature, shape or whatever you’ve made would look like.

Pente

word prefix

Pentagon

Pentominoe base meaning

Hint: Pente has five letters and it means five!

Drawn an example of a shape that has five sides.

What is a way that you can remember the meaning of the prefix pente?

Write as many words as you can with the prefix of pente.

Make up a new word with the prefix pente and describe what the item, creature, shape or whatever you’ve made would look like.

Hex

word prefix hexagon hexachord base meaning gon chord

Hint : Hex ends in an “x” just like the word six and hex means six.

Drawn an example of a shape that has six sides.

What is a way that you can remember the meaning of the prefix hex?

Write as many words as you can with the prefix of hex.

Make up a new word with the prefix hex and describe what the item, creature, shape or whatever you’ve made would look like.

Sept

word prefix base meaning septagon/heptagon gon

Septuplets

Hint: Sept sounds a bit like sev as in the number seven and sept means seven.

Drawn an example of a shape that has seven sides.

What is a way that you can remember the meaning of the prefix sept?

Write as many words as you can with the prefix of sept.

Make up a new word with the prefix sept and describe what the item, creature, shape or whatever you’ve made would look like.

Oct

word prefix octagon base meaning

Hint: Oct starts with an O which looks a lot like the

O’s stacked on top of each other to make an 8 and oct means eight!

Drawn an example of a shape that has eight sides.

What is a way that you can remember the meaning of the prefix oct?

Write as many words as you can with the prefix of oct.

Make up a new word with the prefix oct and describe what the item, creature, shape or whatever you’ve made would look like.

Nona

word prefix base meaning nonagon gon

Nonagenarian gen

Hint: Nona looks like nine and nona means the number nine!

Drawn an example of a shape that has nine sides.

What is a way that you can remember the meaning of the prefix nona?

Write as many words as you can with the prefix of nona.

Make up a new word with the prefix nona and describe what the item, creature, shape or whatever you’ve made would look like.

Deca

word prefix decagon decimeter decathlon base meaning gon meter athlon

Hint: If you count the joining points of the lines in the letters of Deca (with a capitol D), the sum would be

10 and deca means 10!

Drawn an example of a shape that has ten sides.

What is a way that you can remember the meaning of the prefix deca?

Write as many words as you can with the prefix of deca.

Make up a new word with the prefix deca and describe what the item, creature, shape or whatever you’ve made would look like.

Answer key:

Slide 1- horn, series/interval/(wheel), whole group of parts/(schools), made/(together as one)

Slide 2- cycle: of a series/intervals/(wheel), monthly:month period of time, week:week period of time, lingual:languages, ocules:views/eyes/lens

Slide 3- cycle:series/intervals/(wheels), pod:feet, ple:folds/multiply by, athl:contests/sports/events

Slide 4- later:sides, tuplets:parts in a group, ped:feet, angle:angle, rate(i):calculations

Slide 5- gon:of a kind/(sides), ominoe:squares

Slide 6- gon:of a kind/(sides), chord:harmonies/pitches to play

Slide 7- gon:of a kind/(sides), tuplets:parts in a goup

Slide 8- gon:of a kind/(sides)

Slide 9- gon:of a kind/(sides), gen:generations/(decades)

Slide 10- gon:of a kind/(sides), meter:measures, athl:events/sports/contests

Acute

90

Acu- sharp

Why would an angle less than 90 degrees be called acute?

Draw an example of something with an acute angle.

Algebra

“reunion of broken parts”

Why would the term Algebra mean “reunion of broken parts”?

Angle

Latin word “Angulus” meaning a sharp bend

What degrees are the different “sharp bends” in these angles? What are their names because of their degree measurement?

Center

Greek word “kentrus” meaning sharp center point

What tool has a sharp point that marks the center spot then drags a pencil around to form a circle?

Can you use a paper clip, your finger and a pencil as this tool to make a circle below?

Circle

Latin root word “circus”

What has the shape of a performance rings at the circus? Draw it below

Congruent

The Latin word congruere meant "coming together" or "working together".

This definition is proven with the picture below. How is it proven?

Divide

The root vidua refers to a separation

When you do a division problem are you separating?

Show a division problem below and explain what and how you are separating.

Dozen

The word dozen is a contraction of the Latin

Duodecim (two + ten).

Draw one dozen examples of a dozen!

Fraction

comes from the Latin word frangere, to break

What fraction is modeled in these pictures? How can you break up the whole into parts for each of these models?

Explain in words, numbers and/or pictures.

Geometry

Geo=Earth metri=measure

When you think of Geometry, is there anything that reminds you of “measuring the Earth”?

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