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Arizona ELA Standard: 5.RF.3.d

Know and apply common, grade-appropriate Greek and Latin affixes and roots to accurately read unfamiliar words.

Psycholunaphase (Greek and Latin)

Psycholunaphase (Greek and Latin)

What on earth is a Psycholunaphase? Break apart the Greek and Latin roots, figure out what it should mean, then invent the creature, device, or spell it describes.

Hydromagnaphone (Greek and Latin)

Hydromagnaphone (Greek and Latin)

What on earth is a Hydromagnaphone? Break apart the Greek and Latin roots, figure out what it should mean, then invent what it describes.

Thermocryptograph (Greek and Latin)

Thermocryptograph (Greek and Latin)

What on earth is a Thermocryptograph? Break apart the Greek and Latin roots, figure out what it should mean, then invent what it describes.

Aquamorphotron (Greek and Latin)

Aquamorphotron (Greek and Latin)

What on earth is a Aquamorphotron? Break apart the Greek and Latin roots, figure out what it should mean, then invent what it describes.

Greekymon Studies – Round 3

Greekymon Studies – Round 3

What might a creature named “Aquacornus Rex” be like?

Phobia-ology

Phobia-ology

What strange new fears are hiding inside Greek and Latin roots?

Greek and Latin Inventions

Greek and Latin Inventions

What useful or ridiculous inventions are hiding inside Greek and Latin roots?

Greek and Latin Spellbook

Greek and Latin Spellbook

What happens when Greek and Latin roots become magic spells?

Prefixes and Suffixes in Other Languages

Prefixes and Suffixes in Other Languages

Let’s go beyond merely memorizing word parts and instead analyze across languages. How do other languages make a word the opposite?

Analyze Suffixes: -ly, -less, and -ful

Analyze Suffixes: -ly, -less, and -ful

What exactly does adding -less do to a word?

Greek and Latin Word Part Paths

Greek and Latin Word Part Paths

How can we go from Biology to Immobile?

Greekymon

Greekymon

Rather than just memorizing word parts, students will use those word parts to create four possible products.