Uni
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Uniword prefix base meaning
unicorn corn(u)
unicycle
university universi(tas)
uniface
unify fy(ie)
Hint: U is like a text message when you are talking about yourself. You or U are one person.
word prefix base meaning
unicorn corn(u)
unicycle
university universi(tas)
unify fy(ie)
Drawn an example of a shape that has only one
side.
What is a way that you can remember the meaning of the prefix uni?
Write as many words as you can with the prefix of uni.
Make up a new word with the prefix uni and describe what the item, creature, shape or whatever you’ve made would look like.
Biword prefix base meaning
bicycle
bimonthly
biweekly
bilingual
binoculars bin(i) ocul(us)
Hint: There are two letters in bi and it means two!
Drawn an example of a shape that has two sides.
What is a way that you can remember the meaning of the prefix bi?
Write as many words as you can with the prefix of bi.
Make up a new word with the prefix bi and describe what the item, creature, shape or whatever you’ve made would look like.
Triword prefix base meaning
tricycle
tripod
trio x
triple ple
Triathlon athl
Hint: There are three letters in tri and it means three!
Drawn an example of a shape that has three sides.
What is a way that you can remember the meaning of the prefix tri?
Write as many words as you can with the prefix of tri.
Make up a new word with the prefix tri and describe what the item, creature, shape or whatever you’ve made would look like.
Quadword prefix base meaning
quadrilateral later
quadruplets tuplet grouping
quadriped ped
quadrangle angle
quadratic rat(e)
Hint: There are four letters in quad which means four!
Drawn an example of a shape that has four sides.
What is a way that you can remember the meaning of the prefix quad?
Write as many words as you can with the prefix of quad.
Make up a new word with the prefix quad and describe what the item, creature, shape or whatever you’ve made would look like.
word prefix base meaning
Pentagon
Pentominoe
Hint: Pente has five letters and it means five!
Pente
Drawn an example of a shape that has five sides.
What is a way that you can remember the meaning of the prefix pente?
Write as many words as you can with the prefix of pente.
Make up a new word with the prefix pente and describe what the item, creature, shape or whatever you’ve made would look like.
word prefix base meaning
hexagon gon
hexachord chord
Hint: Hex ends in an “x” just like the word six and hex means six.
Hex
Drawn an example of a shape that has six sides.
What is a way that you can remember the meaning of the prefix hex?
Write as many words as you can with the prefix of hex.
Make up a new word with the prefix hex and describe what the item, creature, shape or whatever you’ve made would look like.
Sept
word prefix base meaning septagon/heptagon gon
Septuplets
Hint: Sept sounds a bit like sev as in the number seven and sept means seven.
Drawn an example of a shape that has seven
sides.
What is a way that you can remember the meaning of the prefix sept?
Write as many words as you can with the prefix of sept.
Make up a new word with the prefix sept and describe what the item, creature, shape or whatever you’ve made would look like.
word prefix base meaning
octagon
Hint: Oct starts with an O which looks a lot like the O’s stacked on top of each other to make an 8 and oct means eight!
Oct
Drawn an example of a shape that has eight sides.
What is a way that you can remember the meaning of the prefix oct?
Write as many words as you can with the prefix of oct.
Make up a new word with the prefix oct and describe what the item, creature, shape or whatever you’ve made would look like.
word prefix base meaning
nonagon gon
Nonagenarian gen
Hint: Nona looks like nine and nona means the number nine!
Nona
Drawn an example of a shape that has nine sides.
What is a way that you can remember the meaning of the prefix nona?
Write as many words as you can with the prefix of nona.
Make up a new word with the prefix nona and describe what the item, creature, shape or whatever you’ve made would look like.
word prefix base meaning
decagon gon
decimeter meter
decathlon athlon
Hint: If you count the joining points of the lines in the letters of Deca (with a capitol D), the sum would be 10 and deca means 10!
Deca
Drawn an example of a shape that has ten sides.
What is a way that you can remember the meaning of the prefix deca?
Write as many words as you can with the prefix of deca.
Make up a new word with the prefix deca and describe what the item, creature, shape or whatever you’ve made would look like.
Answer key:
Slide 1- horn, series/interval/(wheel), whole group of parts/(schools), made/(together as one)
Slide 2- cycle: of a series/intervals/(wheel), monthly:month period of time, week:week period of time, lingual:languages, ocules:views/eyes/lens
Slide 3- cycle:series/intervals/(wheels), pod:feet, ple:folds/multiply by, athl:contests/sports/events
Slide 4- later:sides, tuplets:parts in a group, ped:feet, angle:angle, rate(i):calculations
Slide 5- gon:of a kind/(sides), ominoe:squares
Slide 6- gon:of a kind/(sides), chord:harmonies/pitches to play
Slide 7- gon:of a kind/(sides), tuplets:parts in a goup
Slide 8- gon:of a kind/(sides)
Slide 9- gon:of a kind/(sides), gen:generations/(decades)
Slide 10- gon:of a kind/(sides), meter:measures, athl:events/sports/contests
Acute
Acu- sharp90 Why would an angle less than 90 degrees be called
acute?
Draw an example of something with an acute angle.
Algebra
“reunion of broken parts”
Why would the term Algebra mean “reunion of broken parts”?
Angle
Latin word “Angulus” meaning a sharp bend
What degrees are the different “sharp bends” in these angles? What are their names because of their degree measurement?
Center
Greek word “kentrus” meaning sharp center point
What tool has a sharp point that marks the center spot then drags a pencil around to form a circle?
Can you use a paper clip, your finger and a pencil as this tool to make a circle below?
Circle
Latin root word “circus” What has the shape of a performance rings at the circus? Draw it below
CongruentThe Latin word congruere meant "coming together" or "working together".
This definition is proven with the picture below. How is it proven?
DivideThe root vidua refers to a separation
When you do a division problem are you separating? Show a division problem below and explain what and how you are separating.
DozenThe word dozen is a contraction of the Latin
Duodecim (two + ten).
Draw one dozen examples of a dozen!
Fractioncomes from the Latin word frangere, to break
What fraction is modeled in these pictures? How can you break up the whole into parts for each of these models? Explain in words, numbers and/or pictures.
Geometry
Geo=Earth metri=measure
When you think of Geometry, is there anything that reminds you of “measuring the Earth”?