This week's vocab and spelling words:
- biped: a creature with two feet
- centipede: a creature with 100 feet
- impediment: something that stands in one's way; an obstacle
- millipede: a creature with 1000 feet
- pedal: a lever that is moved with one's feet
- peddler: a person who goes from door to door on foot trying to sell a product
- pedestrian: a person who walks across the street on foot
- pedicure: a foot treatment that could include soaking feet and polishing the toenails
- quadruped: a four-footed creature
- 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
