Greek and Latin Roots

Greek and Latin Roots

Miss Saxton

Open Ended

We can use roots in words to decipher word meaning.

For example: If -phobia means fear of

What do you think zoophobia means?

Roots that mean look or see

• spec - look

• vis - see/look for

• scope - look at/observe

Open Ended

Write a word that includes one of the following roots:

spec, vis, or scope

Roots that mean write or draw

• scrib - write/draw

• graph - write/draw

Open Ended

Write a word that includes one of the following roots:

scrib or graph

Roots that mean sound or hear

• phon - sound

• aud - hear/listen

Open Ended

Write a word that includes one of the following roots:

phon or aud

Roots that relate to science

• hydro - water

• logy - study of

• astro - star

• paleo - ancient

Open Ended

Write a word that includes one of the following roots:

paleo, astro, logy, or hydro

Roots that relate to living things

• bio - life

• zoo - animal

• psych - mind

Open Ended

Write a word that includes one of the following roots:

bio, zoo, or psych

Send Root Word GO to Notability

1. Choose a root (next slide)

2. Find 2 words that have the root

3. Define both of the words

Root Words for Graphic Organizer

Choose 1 root & find 2 related words

• auto - self

• rupt - break

• mega - big

• voc - call/speak

Clues Game

1. In pairs, review all 10 words (next slide) and select 1

2. Five minutes to choose and think of a clue for your word

3. Post your clue to the Padlet

4. The teacher will read a few and the class will guess the word