Greek and Latin Roots and Meanings 1 + Fluency

Match the following Greek roots with their meanings

• star

• bio

• geo

• micro

• life

• logy

• small

• astro

• heat

• therm

Tags

CCSS.L.4.4B

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.4B

CCSS.L.7.4B

CCSS.L.8.4B

Match the correct words that use the matching Greek root.

Groups:

(a) bio

,

(b) geo

,

(c) micro

,

(d) therm

• microcomputer

• thermometer

• thermostat

• aerogeologist

• endothermic

• microorganism

• thermos

• biology

• symbiosis

• antibiotic

• microchip

• thermodynamic

• geography

• geopolitics

• microbe

• biosphere

• biodiversity

• geomorphic

• microscope

• geometry

Tags

CCSS.L.4.4B

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.4B

CCSS.L.7.4B

CCSS.L.8.4B

Match the following Greek root with its meaning

• writing

• psych

• written

• graph

• distance

• chron

• time

• tel

• mind

• gram

Tags

CCSS.L.4.4B

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.4B

CCSS.L.7.4B

CCSS.L.8.4B

Match the following Latin root with its meaning.

• look

• cent

• around

• mobile

• moving

• spect

• 1 hundred

• multi

• many

• circum

Tags

CCSS.L.4.4B

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.4B

CCSS.L.7.4B

CCSS.L.8.4B

Match the following Latin roots with words to match

Groups:

(a) cent

,

(b) circum

,

(c) multi

,

(d) mobile

• circumstance

• multicolored

• multidimensional

• mobility

• circumnavigate

• centurion

• circumvent

• immobile

• circumference

• mobilization

• multiply

• automobile

• airmobile

• multiverse

• centiped

• percent

• curcuit

• mulitfarious

• century

• centimeter

Tags

CCSS.L.4.4B

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.4B

CCSS.L.7.4B

CCSS.L.8.4B

Categorize the words to Latin or Greek using the root words to help you.

Groups:

(a) Latin

,

(b) Greek

• geo

• spsect

• micro

• auto

• port

• er

• multi

• therm

• pro

• logy

• able

• path

Tags

CCSS.L.4.4B

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.4B

CCSS.L.7.4B

CCSS.L.8.4B

The next few questions are on your reading of Treasure Hunting.

Where was the treasure found? Select 2

• Hissarlik

• Ancient Troy

• The Ground

• In a tomb

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.7

CCSS.RI.3.7

CCSS.RI.4.7

CCSS.RI.5.7

CCSS.RI.6.7

Which two words mean the same as found?

• discovered

• collection

• unearthed

• Ancient Troy

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

How does the layout of the passage help the reader?

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.7

CCSS.RI.3.7

CCSS.RI.4.7

CCSS.RI.5.7

CCSS.RI.6.7

Do you think this treasure proves the existence of Troy? Why or why not?

This is a small paragraph. Put your position and explain why using evidence.

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D