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WordStudy
Spiral
Vocabulary
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3
photograph
graphic
3
3
photographer
graphite
3
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photosynthesis
headphones
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Word Bank
graphite
telegram
Directions: Read the sentences and choose3the word that best completes each sentence.
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calligraphy
bibliography
telegraph
phonics
photograph telegraph
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Melba used __________________ to write the names on the wedding invitations.
choreography
calligraphy
telepathy
photocopier
telecast
photogenic
phonemic
telemarketing
photofinishing
phonetically
telethon
3
tele
____________
____________
____________
____________
____________
____________
____________
In English class, we listed the books we used to find facts in a __________________.
bibliography
3
seismograph
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Greek Roots
3
phonograph
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photo
Brad plays the __________________ in the school band.
symphony
saxophone
photoactive
____________
Name ___________________________________
videographer
photographer
topography
graph
____________
____________
____________
Date ____________________________________
____________
The presidential candidate hired a __________________ to record movies of his
speeches.
phon
____________
television
phonograph
5.
headphones
Mr. Gibson asked us to check for errors in spelling in our __________________.
paragraph
4.
Sorting Greek Roots
Date ____________________________________
Choose the Word
paragraph
3.
Date ____________________________________
Parent Directions: Have your child read each word from the box and write it in the appropriate place
on the web depending on the Greek root.
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3
2.
___________________________________
telecast
homophone
1.
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Reproducible
Tools, Activities,
& Home Connections
photocopier
autograph
Name ___________________________________
UNIT
____________
____________
____________
Directions:of
HavePhotography
your child choose four words from the list, one from each category, and write
A Very BriefParent
History
a sentence for each word.
Taking photographs is so1.easy____________________________________________________________________
today. There are cameras in all price ranges,
with all sorts of features, including telephoto lenses that make it possible to take
2.
____________________________________________________________________
pictures of things very far away and lenses that can take microscopically close-up
Directions: Look at the pairs of words. Circle the word with the Greek root meaning “write.”
6.
graphite
homophone
7.
phonograph
photocopier
8.
photosynthesis
9.
telegraph
10. television
photographer
telegram
photograph
shots. Even most mobile telephones
are equipped with cameras. People can
3. ____________________________________________________________________
take pictures and distribute them immediately via telecommunication networks,
4. ____________________________________________________________________
sending them to be posted on Web sites or printed if they desire. Images can
Take-Home Activity (BLM 6)
be manipulated easily on computers
using graphics software.
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Things were not always so easy, to say the least. Early photographers
needed bulky equipment to take photographs and elaborate darkrooms to
develop them. Two Frenchmen are credited with inventing the first method of
Classroom Activity (BLM 7)
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recording an image, Joseph Nicephore Niepce and Louis Daguerre. Daguerre
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managed to get exposure time down to 30 minutes, which still meant that
a subject had to hold perfectly still for that length of time! The images were
recorded on sheets of silver-plated copper. With a process that took so long, the
subjects did not worry about being photogenic; they were just happy to get a
reasonable likeness.
Others later invented ways of recording images on tin and coated glass, and
in 1889 George Eastman invented flexible roll film. Variations on this type of
film, including those with the ability to record images in color, were commonly
used until the widespread adoption of digital cameras. Today, digital imaging has
taken over because film developing is not necessary and one can take and store
multiple digital images more cheaply. This way, the photographer can choose to
print or post the best images from many choices.
Reading Passage (BLM 9)
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Greek Roots
tele, phon, photo, graph
Root
Meaning
Example
tele
distant
telepathy,
telescope
phon
sound
phonics,
symphony
photo
light
photosynthesis,
photocopy
graph
write
paragraph,
autograph
The sound /f/ is spelled ph in the roots phon and graph.
Anchor Chart (BLM 1)
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tele
phon
photo
graph
distant
sound
light
write
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autograph
3
graphic
3
graphite
3
headphones
3
homophone
3
paragraph
3
phonics
3
phonograph
3
photocopier
3
photograph
3
photographer
3
photosynthesis
3
telecast
3
telegram
3
telegraph
3
television
3
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bibliography
4
digraph
4
ethnography
4
graphically
4
phonemic
4
photoactive
4
photofinishing
4
photons
4
photosensitive
4
saxophone
4
seismograph
4
symphony
4
telethon
4
topography
4
videographer
4
xylophone
4
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cacophony
5
calligraphy
5
choreography
5
euphony
5
microphone
5
phonetically
5
photoelectric
5
photogenic
5
telecommunications
5
telecommute
5
teleconference
5
telemarketing
5
telepathy
5
telephone
5
telephoto
5
telescope
5
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Name ____________________________________
Date _____________________________________
Sorting Greek Roots
Parent Directions: Have your child read each word from the box and write it in the appropriate place
on the web depending on the Greek root.
Word Bank
graphite
calligraphy
bibliography
headphones
photogenic
phonemic
photocopier
telemarketing
photofinishing
tele
telecast
phonetically
telethon
phon
____________
____________
____________
____________
____________
____________
____________
____________
Greek Roots
photo
graph
____________
____________
____________
____________
____________
____________
____________
____________
Parent Directions: Have your child choose four words from the list, one from each category, and write
a sentence for each word.
1._____________________________________________________________________
2. _____________________________________________________________________
3._____________________________________________________________________
4. _____________________________________________________________________
Take-Home Activity (BLM 6)
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Name ____________________________________
Date _____________________________________
Choose the Word
Directions: Read the sentences and choose the word that best completes each sentence.
1. Mr. Gibson asked us to check for errors in spelling in our __________________.
paragraph
photograph
telegraph
2. Melba used __________________ to write the names on the wedding invitations.
choreography
calligraphy
telepathy
3. In English class, we listed the books we used to find facts in a __________________.
bibliography
seismograph
phonograph
4. Brad plays the __________________ in the school band.
symphony
saxophone
photoactive
5. The presidential candidate hired a __________________ to record movies of his
speeches.
videographer
photographer
topography
Directions: Look at the pairs of words. Circle the word with the Greek root meaning “write.”
6. graphite
homophone
7. phonograph
photocopier
8. photosynthesis
photographer
9. telegraph
telegram
10. television
photograph
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Name ____________________________________
Date _____________________________________
Choose the Word
Parent Directions: Have your child read the sentences and choose the word that best completes each
sentence.
1. The beautiful __________________ of the dance impressed the judges.
calligraphy
choreography
bibliography
2. __________________ is trying to sell something over the phone.
Telephoto
Telemarketing
Telepathy
3. My family went to the park for the Fourth of July to hear a __________________
perform patriotic songs.
topography
symphony
telepathy
4. My sister has a __________________, and she likes to play music on it.
xylophone
graphic
telephoto
5. Plants use __________________ to grow.
photocopier
photosynthesis
phonics
Parent Directions: Have your child look at the pairs of words and circle the word with the Greek root
meaning “sound.”
6. headphones
graphite
7. photograph
phonograph
8. cacophony
photoelectric
9. phonemic
bibliography
10. euphony
telepathy
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Name ____________________________________
Date _____________________________________
A Very Brief History of Photography
Taking photographs is so easy today. There are cameras in all price ranges,
with all sorts of features, including telephoto lenses that make it possible to take
pictures of things very far away and lenses that can take microscopically close-up
shots. Even most mobile telephones are equipped with cameras. People can
take pictures and distribute them immediately via telecommunication networks,
sending them to be posted on Web sites or printed if they desire. Images can
be manipulated easily on computers using graphics software.
Things were not always so easy, to say the least. Early photographers
needed bulky equipment to take photographs and elaborate darkrooms to
develop them. Two Frenchmen are credited with inventing the first method of
recording an image, Joseph Nicephore Niepce and Louis Daguerre. Daguerre
managed to get exposure time down to 30 minutes, which still meant that
a subject had to hold perfectly still for that length of time! The images were
recorded on sheets of silver-plated copper. With a process that took so long, the
subjects did not worry about being photogenic; they were just happy to get a
reasonable likeness.
Others later invented ways of recording images on tin and coated glass, and
in 1889 George Eastman invented flexible roll film. Variations on this type of
film, including those with the ability to record images in color, were commonly
used until the widespread adoption of digital cameras. Today, digital imaging has
taken over because film developing is not necessary and one can take and store
multiple digital images more cheaply. This way, the photographer can choose to
print or post the best images from many choices.
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Date _____________________________________
Spelling Dictation
Review Words
1.
2.
3.
New Words
1.
2.
3.
Sentence
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Name ____________________________________
Date _____________________________________
Spelling Peer Check
Directions: Work with a partner. Follow the directions from your teacher to use this BLM to write
your spelling words.
First Try
Second Try
(if needed)
Correct Spelling
1.
1.
1.
2.
2.
2.
3.
3.
3.
4.
4.
4.
5.
5.
5.
6.
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