Attachment
Word Study
I.
Strategy:
Word Study
II.
Type of Strategy:
Vocabulary
III.
Type of Text:
Fiction and Nonfiction
IV.
Grade Level:
3-5
V.
Type of Learner:
Intensive, Strategic, Proficient, Advanced
VI.
Purpose of Using Strategy:
The word study strategy is a way of analyzing the structure of unknown words to
derive the meaning by decomposing words into prefixes, roots, suffixes, and
multisyllabic words. It is often combined with contextual analysis of the sentence
or selection.
VII.
Steps:
1. Teacher identifies 5 to 10 words a week from an upcoming text that can
be analyzed by word parts.
2. Teacher provides direct instruction on identifying the root word and
analyzing the prefix and suffix function together with the root to create word
meaning.
3. Students practice covering the prefixes and suffixes to see the root words,
then follow with practice in adding and removing prefixes and suffixes.
4. Teacher instructs students on the specific word parts that relate to the
content area and topic(s) of learning by providing practice with many words
with the same prefix or suffix. This process of comparing words helps
students more than memorizing an abstract definition which they forget after
a few days.
5. Using RoundRobin, Student 1 shares a part of a word and the meaning.
Student 2 will share a part of a different word and the meaning. Repeat the
process with Student 3 and Student 4 until all words identified in Step 1 have
been explored.
VIII. Tips:
1. This activity may be modified by focusing instruction on multiple words by
teaching a specific term along with other words that share the same root or
the same prefix/suffix. Show the links between words and to reinforce other
words related to the same concept.
2. Prefix/suffix/root list in development to align with CCSS (see Attachment)
IX.
Resources:
Council of Chief State School Officers (August 2007) / Common Core State
Standards - http://www.education.ky.gov/nr/rdonlyres/2d670309- 9a31427e-a85e- 712fd1f2bc15/o/ccsso_contentliteracy.pdf
Attachment
rd
3 Grade
Origins
Greek
Prefix
amphi, ambi
Meaning
round, both sides
aqua
bio
water
life
Latin
Greek
aquarium, aqueous
biology, biography, bio-active
ex
out
Latin
geo
earth
Greek
exotic, exterior, extraneous, extemporaneous,
exophalmic, exogenous, exothermic,
exoskeleton
geology, geography, geocentric, geomancy
graph
write, record
Greek
graphic, graphite, graphology
in
in
Latin
incarcerate, incorporate, inculcate, induction,
inductance, indigenous, indicator, inspiration
in, im
not
Latin
incredible, ignoble, inglorious, inhospitable,
infinite, infinitesimal, immoral
inter
between
Latin
interact, interstellar, interpret, interstitial
micro
small
Greek
microscope, micron, micrometer, microorganism
pre
before
Latin
premier, preview, premium, prescient
pro
Suffix
able, ible
age
en
er, or
ful
before, in favor of
Meaning
able, capable
act of, state of, result of
made of, to make
one who, that which
full of
ist
ly
one who, that which
like, manner of
ment
meter
ness
act of, state or, result
measure
state of
y
inclined to, tend to
Prefix
ante
anthro
arachn
arche
archos
bene
Meaning
before
man
spider
beginning, first
leader, first, chief
well, favorable
demos
people
Latin
Origin
Latin
Latin
Greek
Greek
Old
English
Greek
Old
English
Latin
Greek
Old
English
Latin
th
4 Grade
Origin
Latin
Greek
Greek
Greek
Greek
Latin
Greek
Example
amphitheater, amphibian, ambidextrous,
ambivalent
project, projectile,
Example
capable, agreeable, edible, visible
storage, wreckage, damage
silken, frozen, wooden
baker, miller, professor
frightful, careful, helpful
artist, dentist, flautist
carelessly, fearlessly, hopelessly
containment, contentment, amendment
metronome, speedometer, odometer
carelessness, restlessness
cheery, crafty, faulty
Example
antedate, anteroom, antecedent, anterior
anthropology, anthropomorphic
arachnid, arachnophobia
archeology, archetype, archaic, archeozoic
archetype, architect
benefit, benevolent, benefactor, beneficent
democracy, demographic
Attachment
dis
ego
hera
ped
psyche
scribo
Suffix
ade
an, ian
ance, ancy
archos
cracy
dom
ee
ence, ency
not, apart
I, self
strength, glorious
foot
mind, soul
write
Meaning
result of action
native of, relating to
action, process, state
leader, first, chief
rule
quality, realm
one who receives the action
action, state of, quality
Latin
Latin
Greek
Latin
Latin
Latin
Origins
Greek
Greek
Latin
Latin
Greek
Latin
Latin
ess
fy
hood
female
make
order, condition, quality
ice
ion, sion,
tion
ish
ism
condition, state, quality
act, result, or state of
Greek
Latin
Old
English
Greek
origin, nature, resembling
system, manner, condition,
ity, ty
ive
ous
ship
tude
state of, quality
causing, making
full of, having
state of, office, quality
state of, condition of
Prefix
ad
Meaning
toward
agere
anti
audio
auto
act
against
hear
self
Latin
Lain
Latin
Greek
bi
two
Latin
di
dia
epi
two, double
across, through
upon, over
Greek
Greek
Greek
peri
poly
post
around
many, several
after
Greek
Greek
Latin
tele
distance
Greek
Latin
Latin
Greek
Greek
Latin
Latin
Latin
Greek
Latin
th
5 Grade
Origins
Latin
disperse, disinherit, disenfranchise, distend
ego, egomaniac, egocentric,
herald
pedestrian, pedal, pedicure, podiatrist
psychology
transcribe, scribe, script
Example
blockade
African, riparian,
assistance, allowance, defiance
monarchy, oligarchy, anarchy
democracy, theocrat, technocracy
freedom, kingdom, wisdom
refugee, nominee, lessee
difference, confidence, urgency, agency
goddess, lioness, actress
beautify, fortify, simplify
manhood, adulthood
justice, malice
cancellation, contagion, infection, crenellation
foolish, Irish, clownish, impish
alcoholism, communism, capitalism
celebrity, captivity, clarity, poverty
abusive, exhaustive, abortive
gracious, nervous, pompous,
assistantship, friendship, authorship
gratitude, aptitude, multitude
Example
adhere, adductor (muscle), adumbrate
agent, agency, agenda
antipathy, antitank, anticlimax
audiophile, audiometer, auditory
automatic, automaton, auto-immune,
autobiography
bi-partisan, bisexual, biennial, binary, bicuspid,
bivalve
dimorphism, dicotyledon, diatomic
diagonal, dialectic, dialogue, diagnosis
epidermis, epidemic, epigram, epitaph, epithet,
epiphyte, epistasis, epinephrine, epiphysis
peripatetic, periscope, perineum, peritoneum
polygamy, polyphonic, hoi polloi
post script (p.s.), ex post facto, post hoc, postmortem
telegraph, telephone, teleology
Attachment
trans
utilis
vide, visibil,
vis
Suffix
al
ary, ery, ory
across
useful
see
Latin
Latin
Latin
transport, transcend, transmogrify
utility, utilitarian
video, vision, visible
Origin
Greek
Latin
Example
gradual, manual, natural
aviary, bravery, dormitory
Greek
Latin
French
Latin
Greek
French
hesitancy, prophecy, normalcy
molecule, ridicule, animalcule, duckling, sapling
midget, baronet, sextet, lorgnette
scientific, specific
metallic, acidic, bucolic, simplistic
fluid, fluoride, bromide
French
juvenile, senile, purile, missile
Greek
prelate, Mennonite, dynamite, graphite, Israelite
ize, ise
Meaning
relating to
relating to, quality, place
where
action, function
very small
small one, group
making, causing
nature of, like
a thing connected with or
belonging to
relating to, suited for,
capable of
nature of, quality of, mineral
product
make
Greek
logy
nomy
oid
some
study, science, theory
law
resembling
like, apt, tending to
emphasize, exercise, bowdlerize, bastardize,
idolize, fanaticize
biology, anthropology, geology, neurology
autonomy, economy, taxonomy
asteroid, spheroid, rhomboid, anthropoid
lonesome, lissome, threesome, gruesome
cy
cule, ling
et, ette
fic
ic
id, ide
ile
ite
Greek
Greek
Greek
Old
English
th
6 Grade
Origins
Greek
Prefix
a, an
Meaning
without, not
ab, abs, a
corpus
hetero
apart, away from
body
mixed, unlike
Latin
Latin
Greek
homo
same, alike
Greek
ideo
idios
mittere, mitto
mono
idea
one's own
send
one, single
Greek
Greek
Latin
Greek
mortis
pater
publicus
solus
Suffix
algia
cian
death
father
people
alone
Meaning
pain
possessing a specific skill or
art
kill
Latin
Latin
Greek
Latin
Origins
Greek
Latin
Example
amoral, anarchy, anhydrous, Anabaptist,
anachronism
abnormal, abduct, abductor (muscle), abscission
corpse, corporeal punishment, corpus callosum
heterogeneous, heterosexual, heterodox,
heterodont, hetero atom, heterocyclic,
heterozygous
homogeneous, homogenized, homozygous,
homolytic fission, Homo sapiens, homonid,
homeostasis
ideology, ideation, ideal
idiom, idiosyncrasy, idiopathic
mission, transmit, remit
monocle, monopoly, monogamy, monovalent,
monomania, monarchy
mortician, mortuary, moribund, morbid
paternal, paternity, patricide
public, republic, pub, publican
solo, solitary
Example
neuralgia, nostalgia, myalgia
magician, physician,
Latin
homicide, parricide, germicidal, ecocide
cide
Attachment
escent
ese
esis, osis
scope
ine
ure
ward
in the process of
a native of, the language of
action, process, condition
examine
nature of
state of, act, process, rank
in the direction of
Prefix
circum
dominus
dynasthai
frater
legis (lex)
lexis
liber
philo
sin (sys
before b, p,
or m)
Suffix
polis (also
root)
mania
(also root)
polein
Meaning
around
lord
be able
brother
law
word
free, book
love
together, with
Prefix
locus
macro
nomen
olig
subter
bible
credo
federis (also
root)
phage (see
(also root)
Suffix
-m,-me,-ma
-ac
Meaning
place
large
name
few
under, secret
book
belief
league, pact
-ical D
Latin
adolescent, senescence, putrescence
Latin
Javanese, Japanese, Balinese
Latin
genesis, hypnosis, neurosis, osmosis
Greek
microscope, oscilloscope
Latin
feminine, genuine, medicine
Greek
culture, literature, rupture, rapture
French
eastward, downward, backward
h
7 Grade
Origins
Example
Latin
circumference, circumlocution, circumnavigate
Latin
dominant, dominion
Greek
dynamic, dynamo, dynasty, dynamite
Latin
fraternize, fraternity, fraternal, fratricide
Latin
legal, legislature
Latin
lexicon, lexicography
Latin
liberty, library, liberal
Greek
philosophy, philanthropy
Greek
synchronize, symphony, sympathy, syncretism,
syncope
Meaning
city
Origins
Greek
Example
political, metropolitan
obsession
Latin
maniac, Beatlemania
sell
Greek
monopoly
8th Grade
Origins
Example
Latin
locality, local, circumlocution
Greek
macroeconomics, macroscopic, macrophage
Latin
noble, ignominy, nomenclature, nominal
Greek
oligarchy, oligopoly
Latin
subterfuge, subtle, subaltern, subterranean
Greek
bibliography, Bible, bibliophile
Latin
credit, (see also roots section)
Latin
federation, confederate
eat
Latin
phagocyte, phagocytosis
Meaning
result of
used instead of -ic if an -I
immediately precedes
pertaining to,having the nature
of
Origin
Greek
Greek
Example
problem
elegiac
Latin
biblical