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Use the roots tele, graph, dict, aud, vis, photo, and scope to work out what everyday words mean.
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Ms. Ortiz set up a telescope to study Saturn's rings. Because tele means far and scope means see, a telescope is a tool for doing what?
The pitcher signed an autograph on Maya's baseball. Because auto means self and graph means write, an autograph is what?
The weather app can predict tomorrow's storm. Because pre- means before and dict means speak, to predict something is to do what?
From the back row, Ben's whisper was barely audible. Because aud means hear, audible means what?
The principal supervises the lunchroom every day. Because super- means over and vis means see, to supervise is to do what?
Green plants make their own food through photosynthesis. Because photo means light and synthesis means putting together, photosynthesis is the process of doing what?
Dev used a microscope to look at cells in a drop of pond water. Because micro means small and scope means see, a microscope is a tool for doing what?
A telephone carries a voice across a city, and a telescope shows stars in deep space. Both words share the root tele, which means ___.
Photograph and photosynthesis both begin with the root photo, which means ___.
Jonah said the game starts at four, and his sister contradicted him. Because contra- means against and dict means speak, to contradict someone is to do what?
In the 1800s the telegraph carried news across the country in minutes. Because tele means far and graph means write, a telegraph is a machine for doing what?
The audience clapped when the last song ended. Because aud means hear, the word audience means what?
A sailor in a submarine raises a periscope before surfacing. Because peri- means around and scope means see, a periscope is a device for doing what?
Television lets fans watch a game being played in another city. Because tele means far and vis means see, television means what?
Grandma's telephone lets her talk with cousins in another state. Because tele means far and phone means sound, a telephone is a device for doing what?
Kai's report has one paragraph about wolves. Because para- means beside and graph means write, a paragraph is best described as what?
Lena checked out a biography of Harriet Tubman. Because bio means life and graph means write, a biography is what?
Omar framed a photograph of the lake at sunset. Because photo means light and graph means write, a photograph is an image made by doing what?
Mr. Lee will dictate the spelling list while the class writes. Because dict means speak, to dictate is to do what?
Priya looked up the word gale in a dictionary. Because dict means speak, a dictionary is a book that does what?
The class listened to an audio recording of the poem. Because aud means hear, audio names which part of a recording?
The fifth graders filed into the auditorium for the concert. Because aud means hear, an auditorium is a room built for what?
The mountain top was barely visible through the fog. Because vis means see, visible means what?
Ms. Park added charts and drawings to make her lesson more visual. Because vis means see, what does calling the lesson visual tell you about it?
The office made a photocopy of the permission slip. Because photo means light, a photocopy is a copy made using what?
Everyone says the shelter puppy is photogenic. Because photo means light, photogenic describes someone or something that does what?
The doctor used a stethoscope on Jamal at his checkup. Because scope means look at, a stethoscope is a tool for examining what?
Paragraph, biography, and photograph all carry the root graph, which means ___.
Dictate, dictionary, and contradict all carry the root dict, which means ___.
Audio, audience, and auditorium all carry the root aud, which means ___.
Visible, visual, and supervise all carry the root vis, which means ___.
Microscope, periscope, and stethoscope all end with the root scope, which means ___.
Only one of these words carries a root that means hear: auditorium, autograph, auction, August. Which word is it?
Only one of these words carries a root that means write: graceful, biography, grapefruit, gravity. Which word is it?
Only one of these words carries a root that means see or look at: scooter, scoop, periscope, scoreboard. Which word is it?
Only one of these words carries a root that means light: phonics, photograph, symphony, telephone. Which word is it?
The words inspect and spectator share a root that means look.
Autograph and automobile share the word part auto, which means self.
After learning that the root aud means hear, Rosa made a guess about what audible means in her book. Which step would best verify her guess?
Which of these word parts means far?
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