Root of the Week = JECT

Remember: 

• Study vocabulary cards ALL WEEK
• Flash cards due WEDNESDAY
• THURSDAY = TEST & the practice sheet DUE

The root is ject. This root comes from the Latin, jacere, meaning to throw. Here are your ten words for the week:

1. dejected adj. – Feeling sad; feeling thrown down “in the dumps”.

2. eject v. – to throw out, as a player from a game or a pilot from a burning fighter jet.

3. injection n., inject v. – a shot of medicine given via syringe and needle by a doctor or nurse; to “throw something in”, such as injecting fuel into an engine.

4. interjection n. - a word thrown into the middle of a conversation or a thought train.

5. jettison v. – to throw cargo or fuel overboard from a boat or plane to lighten it so it will not sink as fast.

6. projectile n. – an object thrown into the air with great force, such as a bullet or a rocket.

7. projector n. – a machine that throws an image onto a wall or screen.

8. reject v. – to throw out a defective object; to deny an argument.

9. subject v. – to throw oneself under the rule of another.

10. trajectory n. – the curved path of an object thrown into the air.

As always, we are interested in any ject words you can think of, too! How about conjecture? Or maybe abject? Worry about the ten words above first.

Spelling & Vocabuary Test FRIDAY!

 

• emancipate  v. - To set free, the way Abe Lincoln emancipated the slaves during the Civil War, he took them out of the hands of their masters.
• manacles n. - Well, we say handcuffs, but I like manacles better as a way of describing that gilhickie that holds a thief's hands together.
• manager n. - This is the person who has the running of the store, the shop, the city in his or her hands; when I like what an employee does, I tell his or her manager.
• mandate n. - This is an imperative or a rule put into your hands that you must follow and enforce; a law, or an order that must be obeyed.
• maneuver n., v. - To skillfully or handily avoid an obstacle, go around something adroitly. (Oops! Droit is a French root. We'll get to that later.
• manicure n., v. - This is a pedicure for your hands. Didn't think this weeks words had any connection to last weeks words, didja?
• manipulate v. - To modify skillfully by hand;
• manual n., adj. - A handbook of instructions or guidelines for a process or piece of equipment; to be operated by hand, as in manual transmission; manually, adv. - done by hand.
• manufacture v. - to make by hand or produce with machines; to convert raw material into a product.
• manuscript n. - a book, article, or paper that is not yet published; it can be either typed or handwritten.

Say hello to our root of the week: PED

Our root this week: ped = foot

This week's vocab and spelling words: 

1. biped: a creature with two feet
2. centipede: a creature with 100 feet
3. impediment: something that stands in one's way; an obstacle
4. millipede: a creature with 1000 feet 
5. pedal: a lever that is moved with one's feet
6. peddler: a person who goes from door to door on foot trying to sell a product
7. pedestrian: a person who walks across the street on foot
8. pedicure: a foot treatment that could include soaking feet and polishing the toenails
9. quadruped: a four-footed  creature
10. tripod: a three-footed stand often used to balance a camera 

Test on FRIDAY, September 14th (student's will need to know the definition AND how to spell each word, as well as the root and what it means)

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Source: words and handouts for vocabulary are from the Learning Works publication: Greek and Latin Roots: Teaching Vocabulary to Improve Reading Comprehension by Trisha Callela

Applicable Standards:

 L.6.4. Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases based on grade 6 reading and content, choosing flexibly from a range of strategies.

L.6.6. Acquire and use accurately grade-appropriate general academic and domain-specific words and phrases; gather vocabulary knowledge when considering a word or phrase important to comprehension or expression.

Applicable Targets:

I know the parts of a word

I can choose and use an appropriate resource when acquiring new vocabulary

I can describe the relationship between particular words

I can spell the word correctly

Spelling and Vocabulary for March 12-16

This week's root: graph = writing

words:

autobiography: writing about a person's life written by that person

autograph: the writing of one's own name

bibliography: the written list of all the books used in a report or book

biography: a book written about a person's life

cartography: map making; the writing involved in making maps or charts

homograph: a word written the same way as another word but having a different meaning (e.g. bow- hair and bow- ship)

paragraph: a section of writing ht has a topic and concluding sentence

phonograph: record player; a device that turns the writing on records into sound

seismograph: a device that writes down (records) the movements of the earth.

Our focus this week is on learning how to better study our spelling and vocabulary words for test success. The test will be on FRIDAY, MARCH 16th

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Source: words and handouts for vocabulary are from the Learning Works publication: Greek and Latin Roots: Teaching Vocabulary to Improve Reading Comprehension by Trisha Callela

Applicable Standards:

 L.6.4. Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases based on grade 6 reading and content, choosing flexibly from a range of strategies.

L.6.6. Acquire and use accurately grade-appropriate general academic and domain-specific words and phrases; gather vocabulary knowledge when considering a word or phrase important to comprehension or expression.

Applicable Targets:

I can know the parts of a word

I can choose and use an appropriate resource when acquiring new vocabulary

I can describe the relationship between particular words

I can spell the word correctly

Spelling and Vocabulary: Feb 27 - March 2

Our roots this week: miss and mit = send

This week's vocab and spelling words:

• admit: to send someone in; to allow someone to enter
• dismiss: to send someone out; to let someone leave
• emit: to send out or give off (such as an odor)
• intermission: a break between acts of a play or performance during which people are sent out for snacks or stretch breaks
• missile: a weapon designed to be sent in the direction of a target
• mission: a special duty or function which a person or group is sent out to do
• omit: to leave out; to not send
• remit: to send back (usually related to paying bills)
• submit: to "send" yourself under someone else's control; to give in to someone else's power
• transmit: to send something across places; to pass along

Test on FRIDAY, March 2nd

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Source: words and handouts for vocabulary are from the Learning Works publication: Greek and Latin Roots: Teaching Vocabulary to Improve Reading Comprehension by Trisha Callela

Applicable Standards:

 L.6.4. Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases based on grade 6 reading and content, choosing flexibly from a range of strategies.

L.6.6. Acquire and use accurately grade-appropriate general academic and domain-specific words and phrases; gather vocabulary knowledge when considering a word or phrase important to comprehension or expression.

Applicable Targets:

I can know the parts of a word

I can choose and use an appropriate resource when acquiring new vocabulary

I can describe the relationship between particular words

I can spell the word correctly