Standard #: ELA.5.V.1.2


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Apply knowledge of Greek and Latin roots and affixes, recognizing the connection between affixes and parts of speech, to determine the meaning of unfamiliar words in grade-level content.


Clarifications


Clarification 1: See Common Greek and Latin Roots 3-5.

General Information

Subject Area: English Language Arts (B.E.S.T.)
Grade: 5
Strand: Vocabulary
Standard: Finding Meaning
Date Adopted or Revised: 08/20
Status: State Board Approved

Related Courses

Course Number1111 Course Title222
5010030: Functional Basic Skills in Communications-Elementary (Specifically in versions: 2014 - 2015, 2015 - 2022, 2022 - 2024, 2024 and beyond (current))
5010046: Language Arts - Grade Five (Specifically in versions: 2014 - 2015, 2015 - 2022, 2022 - 2024, 2024 and beyond (current))
7710016: Access Language Arts - Grade 5 (Specifically in versions: 2014 - 2015, 2015 - 2018, 2018 - 2022, 2022 and beyond (current))
5010024: Basic Skills in Reading 3-5 (Specifically in versions: 2021 - 2024, 2024 and beyond (current))
5010026: Functional Reading Skills 3-5 (Specifically in versions: 2021 - 2024, 2024 and beyond (current))
5010016: English for Speakers of Other Languages Grade 5 (Specifically in versions: 2022 and beyond (current))


Related Access Points

Access Point Number Access Point Title
ELA.5.V.1.AP.2 Apply knowledge of Greek and Latin roots, base words, and affixes to determine the meaning of unfamiliar words in grade-level content at the student’s ability level with guidance and support.


Related Resources

Lesson Plan

Name Description
Informational Texts: Analyzing Relationships and Perspectives Across Multiple Texts

This lesson is an instructional routine for informational text in which teachers provide guided practice and students practice comparing perspectives from multiple texts.

Culminating activity includes writing an expository essay to compare and contrast the journey of two travelers using evidence from multiple sources to support the response.

Original Student Tutorial

Name Description
Ray's Automobiles: Greek Prefix "Auto"

Learn about the prefix auto with Ray at the racetrack in this interactive tutorial.

Student Center Activities

Name Description
Vocabulary: Rooting for Meaning!

In this activity, students will identify the meaning of roots while playing a match game. As an extension activity, students will use roots to create words.

Vocabulary: Affix Game

In this activity, students will make words containing affixes and use them in a sentence to show meaning while playing an affix game.

Vocabulary: Make it Meaningful

In this activity, students will determine and record the meanings of words with affixes. They will then sort them by affix meaning.

Vocabulary: Word Dissect

In this activity, students will segment words into base words and affixes to determine the meaning.

Vocabulary: Meaningful Affixes

In this activity, students will make words to match meanings by combining base words and affixes.

Vocabulary: Affix Concentration

In this activity, students will match affixes to their meanings by playing a memory game.

Vocabulary: Getting to the Root of It

In this activity, students will identify words with common roots and related meanings and sort them on a sorting board.

Vocabulary: Root-O!

In this activity, students will produce words containing the same root and identify their meanings.

Student Resources

Original Student Tutorial

Name Description
Ray's Automobiles: Greek Prefix "Auto":

Learn about the prefix auto with Ray at the racetrack in this interactive tutorial.



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