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CCSS ELA Standard: 4.L.4.b

Use common, grade-appropriate Greek and Latin affixes and roots as clues to the meaning of a word (e.g., telegraph, photograph, autograph).

Plexidemokinesis (Greek and Latin)
Plexidemokinesis (Greek and Latin)
What on earth is a Plexidemokinesis? Break apart the Greek and Latin roots, figure out what it should mean, then invent what it describes.
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.
Geosynth (Greek and Latin)
Geosynth (Greek and Latin)
What on earth is a Geosynth? 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.
Chronosonarium (Greek and Latin)
Chronosonarium (Greek and Latin)
What on earth is a Chronosonarium? Break apart the Greek and Latin roots, figure out what it should mean, then invent what it describes.
Pyrostasis (Greek and Latin)
Pyrostasis (Greek and Latin)
What on earth is a Pyrostasis? 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?
Greekymon Studies – Round 2
Greekymon Studies – Round 2
What might a creature named “Hypermnemonicus” be like?
Greekymon Studies – Round 1
Greekymon Studies – Round 1
What might a creature named “Ursolunascope” be like?
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: -en
Analyze Suffixes: -en
What exactly does adding -en to a word do? Find the pattern. Then find the words that break it.
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.
Greek and Latin Dinosaur Names
Greek and Latin Dinosaur Names
Let’s create a new dinosaur using Greek and Latin stems!