Greek and Latin Roots and Meanings 1 + Fluency

Match the following Greek roots with their meanings

• star

• astro

• small

• therm

• life

• logy

• heat

• micro

• geo

• bio

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

• microscope

• geomorphic

• geography

• biosphere

• thermostat

• antibiotic

• symbiosis

• microorganism

• thermos

• endothermic

• biodiversity

• thermometer

• microcomputer

• microchip

• thermodynamic

• geopolitics

• aerogeologist

• geometry

• biology

• microbe

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

• mind

• tel

• distance

• gram

• writing

• chron

• written

• graph

• time

• psych

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.

• moving

• multi

• 1 hundred

• mobile

• look

• cent

• many

• circum

• around

• spect

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

• circumvent

• multiverse

• circumference

• airmobile

• automobile

• mobilization

• centiped

• mulitfarious

• curcuit

• percent

• centimeter

• centurion

• circumnavigate

• multiply

• immobile

• century

• mobility

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

• therm

• spsect

• pro

• multi

• port

• micro

• geo

• auto

• logy

• able

• path

• er

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.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D