Why study words?

1. Why study words? • All words are made up of prefixes, roots, and/or suffixes. They are the meaningful chunks in every word you read. Too often, people skip words they don’t know as they are reading. This breaks down their understanding of the text. For this reason, you need to learn how to break down the meaningful parts of unknown words so you won’t skip them. By learning how to “dissect” words, you will learn how to comprehend multisyllabic words, not just decode them.

2. What do you notice? • Biped • Centipede • Impediment • Millipede • Pedal • Peddler • Pedestrian • Pedicure • Quadruped • Tripod

3. Common Link - Root Word “ped” • A word or part of a word from which other words are formed • Biped • Centipede • Impediment • Millipede • Pedal • Peddler • Pedestrian • Pedicure • Quadruped • Tripod

4. Infer Meaning: What does “ped” mean? • “ped” = foot • Biped = a creature with two feet • Centipede = a creature with 100 feet • Impediment = something that stands in one’s way; an obstacle • Millipede = a creature with 1,000 feet • Pedal = a lever that is moved with one’s foot • Peddler = a person who goes from door to door on foot trying to sell a product • Pedestrian = a person who walks across the street on foot • Pedicure = a foot treatment that could including soaking the feet and polishing the toenails • Quadruped = a four-footed creature • Tripod = a three-footed stand often used to balance a camera

5. Ped

6. Biped A creature with two feet

7. Centipede • Has 100 feet

8. Impedimentsomething that stands in our way

9. Millipedehas 1,000 feet

10. Pedal • A lever you move with your foot

11. Peddlera person who sells things on foot

12. Pedestrian

13. Pedicure

14. Quadrupeda four footed creature

15. Tripod • A three footed stand often used to balance a camera

16. Create a Web Any voc. word Worth exploring Makes you wonder Ped= foot Interesting Hmmmm! Any voc. word

17. Discussion How can learning new word parts help you understand what is read?