​WORD WORK-WORD INQUIRY

• Use common grade-appropriate Greek and Latin affixes and roots as clues to the meaning of a word. (L.4.4b)
• Spell grade appropriate words correctly. (L.4.2d)
• I can use syllabication patterns and morphology to read unfamiliar words. (RF4.3a)

WHAT IS WORD INQUIRY AND WHY SHOULD WE DO IT?

Word Inquiry Process 

1. ​break word into syllables
2. identify syllable types
3. break word into morphemes
4. create a word matrix
5. create word sums from matrix

Example of  Word Inquiry Process 

Step 1: 
​Break word into syllables and label each syllable

Step 2:
​ Break word into morphemes (word parts)

Step 3: 
Word Matrix - "struct"

Step 4: 
​Word Sums

1. re-con-struct-tion = reconstruction
2. re-con-structs = reconstructs
3. de-con-struct-ion = deconstruction
4. in-struct-ion = instruction
5. infra-struct-ure = infrastructure
6. super-struct-ure = superstructure
7. ob-struct-ion = obsgruction
8. in-de-struct-able = indestructable

RESOURCES​

Review of the 7 Syllable Types

Syllable review #1
Code: 577795

Syllable review #2
Code: 174572