RCSS Greek and Latin Roots and Affixes

​GREEk and Latin

roots and affixes

review​

English is really a huge mash up!

​REMEMBER those videos we watched?

We are going to breakdown a bunch of Greek and French and Latin!

Match

Match the following root words with their word family:

• -FRACT-

• -FLEX-

• -SPEC-

• -SENS-

• -STRUCT-

fracture

fraction

fracking

flexible

flexing

inflexible

spectacle

spectator

inspector

sensible

sensory

senses

construct

destruct

instruct

• fracture

  fraction

  fracking

• flexible

  flexing

  inflexible

• spectacle

  spectator

  inspector

• sensible

  sensory

  senses

• construct

  destruct

  instruct

​how do root words and affixes help your reading, comprehension, and spelling??

Because they are stable for decoding, defining, and encoding​!