Spelling and Root Word Lists

• No Spelling List this week

• Phobos - Greek

  • Definition: Fear

    • Examples of usage:

      • phobia - irrational fear

      • zoophobia - (zoon - animal) - fear of animals 

      • hydrophobia - (hydro - water) - disease which makes it difficult to swallow, thought to be fear of water.

• Sonus - Latin

  • Definition: Sound

    • Examples of usage

      • Sound - vibrations perceived by our ears 

      • Sonnet - a form of rhyming Italian poetry

      • Sonar - device theat hears sound underwater

• Syn - Greek 

  • Definition: with, together

    • Examples of Usage

      • sympathy - (pathos - feeling) - to feel with someone else

      • synthesis - (thesis - put, place) - putting together

      • synonym - (onoma - name) - two words with the same meaning

• Thesis - Greek 

  • Definition: put, place, position 

    • Examples of usage:

      • theme - an essay or composition on a certain subject with a statement and supporting reasons

      • parenthesis - (para - beside) - a statement beside (or inside) a main sentence 

• Kinesis - Greek

  • Definition: Movement

    • Examples of usage:

      • Kinetic - relating to movement of bodies 

      • cinema - motion pictures (Greeks had no "c". They used "k")

• Phone - Greek

  • Definition - sound 

    • Examples of usage:

      • phonograph - (graph - write, draw) - writing with sound

      • telephone - (tele - far away) - sound from far away

      • microphone - (mikros - small) - device to transit or record small sounds 

Spelling Rule of the Week

 The f sound can be spelled four ways:

f as in frightened

ff as in suffer

ph as in paragraph

gh as in enough

Spelling Words

1. frightened

2. suffer

3. paragraph

4. effort

5. autographs

6. telephone

7. dolphins

8. enough

9. laughter

10. symphony

11. physical

12. photography

13. atmosphere

14. flawless

15. geography

16. triumph

17. typhoid

18. hyphen

19. typhoon

20. tough

Greek and Latin Root Words

Root Word - Meaning

• Greek or Latin

  • Examples of usage in English

1. Skopeo - see, look, consider, examine

   • Greek

     • Scope

     • Microscope

2. Video/Visum - see

   • Latin

     • Television

     • Video

3. Logos - Word, study

   • Greek

     • Logic

     • Geology

4. Verbum - word

   • Latin

     • Verb

     • Proverb

5. Nomen/Nominis - name

   • Latin

     • Nominate

     • Nominal

6. Pro - for, before, forward, in place of

   • Latin

     • Prologue

     • Profess

Spelling Rule of the Week

The list words contain either the n sound you hear in now or the r sound you hear in rip. The n sound can sometimes be spelled kn as in known and gn as in assign. The r sound can sometimes be spelled wr as in written and rr as in arrow.

wreath

known

typewriters

written

wrapper

arrow

correct

mirror

surround

knead

knotted

resign

designed

assign

wrinkled

foreign

wrestler

campaign

cologne

knuckles

Greek and Latin Root Words

Root Word - Meaning

• Greek or Latin

  • Examples of usage in English

• Jungo/Junctum - Join, unite, connect

  • Latin

    • Joint

    • Conjugation

• Digitus - Finger, Toe, Inch

  • Latin

    • Digit

    • Digital Computer

• Caput/Capitis - Head

  • Latin

    • Capital

    • Captain

• Manus - Hand

  • Latin

    • Manifest

    • Manufacture

• Pas/Pedis - Foot

  • Latin

    • Pedestrian

    • Pedal

• Bracchium - arm

  • Latin

    • Brace

    • Bracelet 

Spelling Rule of the Week

The sounds of el and l can be spelled in different ways. Listen to the sound made by the syllables spelled le, el, and al in the list words. The letters le, el, and al all spell the same sound in the last syllable of the word such as pickle, towels, and final.

final

oval

fuel

equals

pickle

tickle

double

jungle

panel

towels

cancel

plural

mammal

sparkled

whistle

aisle

scramble

channel

spiral

jingle

Greek and Latin Root Words

Root Word - Meaning

• Greek or Latin

  • Examples of usage in English

• Prae - before, in front of

  • Latin

    • Predict

• Ad - to, toward, near, next to

  • Latin

    • adequate

• Jacio/Jactum - throw

  • Latin

    • Eject

• Pono/Positum

  • Latin

    • Lay, put, place

      • deposit

• Cum - with, together

  • Latin

    • community

• Figo/Fixum - fix, fasten, attach 

  • Latin

    • fixture 

This week we will have a larger spelling quiz reviewing words picked from the last several weeks. Greek and Latin Roots found below. The spelling words are:

1. quiet

2. orchestra

3. aches

4. shake

5. knocked

6. jacket

7. quarter

8. mechanic

9. quickly

10. kneeling

11. sequence

12. character

13. concert

14. sausage

15. circus

16. couple

17. village

18. celebrate

19. graduate

20. gesture

21. garage

22. license

23. dangerous

24. icicles

25. frightened

26. effort

27. autographs

28. symphony

29. dolphins

30. enough

31. atmosphere

32. flawless

33. triumph

34. laughter

35. hyphen

36. tough

37. wreath

38. typewriters

39. wrapper

40. correct

41. cologne

42. surround

43. knead

44. resign

45. mirror

46. foreign

47. campaign

48. knuckles

49. final

50. oval

51. equals

52. pickle

53. double

54. jungle

55. towels

56. plural

57. whistle

58. aisle

59. channel

60. sparkled

Greek and Latin Root Words

Root Word - Meaning

• Greek or Latin

  • Examples of usage in English

Dens/Dentis - tooth

• Latin

  • Dentist

Corpus/Corporis - Body

• Latin

  • Corporation

Unus - One

• Latin

  • Unit

Duo - Two

• Latin

  • Duet

Tres - Three

• Latin

  • • Triangle

Quattor - Four

• Latin

  • Quatrain

Spelling Rule of the Week: A vowel pair is made from two vowels that come together to make one long vowel sound. The first vowel in the pair usually stands for its long sound, and the second is silent. The vowel pairs ai and ay can spell the long a sound you hear in drains and decay. The vowel pairs oa and ow can spell the long o sound you hear in coast and borrow.

1. complain

2. braid

3. drains

4. coast

5. toasted

6. decay

7. roasting

8. throwing

9. tomorrow

10. borrow

11. boast

12. swallows

13. foamy

14. poach

15. cocoa

16. fainted

17. scarecrow

18. gained

19. hoax

20. painful

Greek and Latin Roots

Quinque - five

• Latin

  • quinquennial 

Sex - Six

• Latin

  • Sexennial

Septem - Seven

• Latin

  • September

Octo - Eight

• Latin

  • October

Novem - Nine

• Latin

  • November

Decem - Ten

• Latin

  • December

Spelling Rule of the Week

In a vowel pair, the two vowels come together to make one long vowel sound. The vowel pair ee has the long e sound you hear in speech. The vowel pair you hear in ea can also form a vowel digraph. A vowel digraph is two vowels together that can make a long or short sound, or have a special sound all their own. The vowel digraph ea can spell the short e sound, as in steady.

1. feather

2. sweater

3. underneath

4. agreement

5. meadows

6. speech

7. needles

8. keeping

9. treasure

10. northeast

11. steady

12. creature

13. breathe

14. pleasure

15. succeed

16. sweeter

17. healthy

18. preacher

19. leather

20. wealth

Greek and Latin Root Words

Centum - Hundred

• Latin

  • Century

Mille - Thousand

• Latin

  • Mile (a thousand paces)

Pyro - Fire

• Greek

  • Pyrotecnics 

Ignis - Fire

• Latin

  • Ignite

Vulcanus - Vulcan, Roman god of fire

• Latin

  • Volcano

Hydro - Water

• Greek

  • Dehydrated 

List 9

Spelling Rule of the Week: The vowel digraphs au and aw sound alike. They spell the aw sound you hear in the hawk and pause.

1. hawk

2. faucet

3. author

4. pause

5. daughter

6. withdraw

7. hauled

8. awfully

9. unlawful

10. lawyer

11. strawberries

12. squawk

13. saucers

14. drawer

15. caution

16. vault

17. naughty

18. gnawing

19. awkward

20. exhaust