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Grade 4 Reading & Writing Β· World 2: Root Ruins Β· Level 14

Latin Roots

Port, rupt, struct, dict, spect, aud, vis, tract, ject, form: work out interrupt, spectator, audience, predict.

Warm-up, learn, try it together, practice, then a quick check. About 15 minutes.

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What children learn in Level 14

  • The ancient Romans spoke Latin, and their roots are all through English too.
  • Port means carry: something portable is easy to carry. Rupt means break: a volcano erupts when lava breaks out.
  • Struct means build: a structure is something built. Dict means say: to predict is to say what will happen before it does.
  • Aud means hear, vis means see, and spect means look. An audience hears a show. A spectator looks on. Invisible means not able to be seen.
  • Tract means pull: a tractor pulls. Ject means throw: a projector throws a picture onto a screen. Form means shape: transform means change shape.

Georgia's K-12 English Language Arts Standards:

  • 4.L.V.2.a β€” Deconstruct words using knowledge of Greek and Latin roots, root words, and affixes to determine meaning. (I)

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