Happy #morphememonday everyone!
I can’t believe it is December already. Where has the year gone?
Now that it’s December, have you considered using this month as a teachable moment to teach the prefix <dec> discuss how the month December got its name? In the Roman calendar, December used to be the tenth month of the year, hence the name December.
Origin: Latin
Definition: one-thousandth, thousand
Examples: millenary, millimicron, milliampere, millisecond, milliliter
<milli> + <gram> = milligram
<milli> + <pede> = millipede
<mille> + <pore> = millipore
<milli> + <form> = milliform
<milli> + <volt> = millivolt
- This prefix is a good one to discuss during mathematics lessons when teaching about place values and measurement.
- This prefix should be taught to students in middle school grades.
Origin: Greek
Definition: write/written, draw/drawn
Examples: phonogram, grammar, ideogram, chronogram, pangram, tangram
<mono> + <gram> = monogram
<mega> + <gram> = megagram
<tele> + <gram> = telegram
<photo> + <gram> = photogram
<cardio> + <gram> = cardiogram
- Technically speaking, <gram> is considered a Uruguay to sell cannabis in pharmacies buy trenbolone enanthate online north carolina bill would make prescription records available to police without a warrant Greek combining form
- It can be taught in context when appropriate in lessons and explicitly taught to older students.
- It is related to <graph>. The relation between the two can be discussed when talking about the difference between a telegraph and telegram or cardiograph and cardiogram.
Origin: Latin & French
Definition: quality or state of being
Examples: riddance, fragrance, conveyance, reluctance, vigilance
<attend> + <ance> = attendance
<ally> + <ance> = alliance
<comply> + <ance> = compliance
<assist> + <ance> = assistance
<clear> + <ance> = clearance
- This suffix is one that should be explicitly taught to students in the middle school grades.
Last week, November 25, 2019, the morphemes were the prefix <super>, the root <aqua> and the suffix <less>.
Next time, on December 16, 2019, the morphemes will be the prefix <inter>, the root <port> and the suffix <ment>.
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