The second activity you will do in class today is play Greek/Latin Root Baseball! We will also be studying 30 of the most common roots, and their meanings. Knowing these will ultimately help us do two things: 1) determine the meanings of larger words we don't know, and 2) be able to spell new words a little better since we know how to spell the roots.
Homework: Spelling list quiz is next Wednesday. Roots quiz is to be announced.
Below are the spelling words and all the list of all the Greek/Latin roots that we will be studying.
Spelling:
Greek/Latin Roots:
| ROOT | MEANING | EXAMPLES |
| -ast(er)-(G) | star | asteroid, astronomy |
| -audi- (L) | hear | audible, audience |
| -auto- (G) | self | automatic, autopsy |
| -bene- (L) | good | benefit, benign |
| -bio- (G) | life | biography, biology |
| -chrono- (G) | time | chronic, synchronize |
| -dict- (L) | say | dictate, diction |
| -duc- (L) | lead, make | deduce, produce |
| -gen- (L) | give birth | gene, generate |
| -geo- (G) | earth | geography, geology |
| -graph- (G) | write | autograph, graph |
| -jur-, -jus- (L) | law | jury, justice |
| -log-, -logue- (L) | thought | logic, obloquy |
| -luc- (L) | light | lucid, translucent |
| -man(u)- (L) | hand | manual, manure |
| -mand-, -mend- (L) | order | demand, recommend |
| -mis-, -mit- (L) | send | missile, transmission |
| -omni- (L) | all | omnivorous |
| -path- (G) | feel | empathy, pathetic |
| -phil- (G) | love | philosophy, bibliophile |
| -phon- (G) | sound | phonics, telephone |
| -photo- (G) | light | photograph, photon |
| -port- (L) | carry | export, portable |
| -qui(t)- (L) | quiet, rest | acquit, tranquil |
| -scrib-, -script- (L) | write | ascribe, script |
| -sens-, -sent- (L) | feel | resent, sensitive |
| -tele- (G) | far off | telecast, telephone |
| -terr- (L) | earth | terrain, territory |
| -vac- (L) | empty | evacuate, vacate |
| -vid-, -vis- (L) | see | visible, video |
