Transcript greek roots warm-ups cent centi kilo mill milli

Greek Roots Warm-ups
Happy New Year
Warm-up
Directions: Write these roots and definitions on your blank
flash cards.
CENT
100
CENTI
1/100 (one-hundredth)
KILO
1000
MILL
1000
MILLI
1/1000 (one-thousandth)
Words and Definitions
Directions: Write these words, parts of speech, and
definitions on your blank flash cards.
CENTURY
n.
A period of 100 years
CENTENNIAL
adj.
Of or relating to a 100th
anniversary; every 100 years
CENTIGRADE
n.
Relating to the temperature
scale 0-100, for which 0° is
freezing and 100° is boiling
CENTIMETER
n.
A unit of length equal to 1/100
of a meter
KILOMETER
n.
A unit of length equal to 1000
meters
MILLIGRAM
n.
A unit of weight equal to 1/1000
of a gram
MILLENNIUM
n.
A span of 1000 years
MILLIMETER
n.
A unit of length equal to 1/1000
of a meter
Warm-up for 1/5
Directions: What unit would you use to measure these?
1. An ant
2. Salt
3. Periods of American history
4. The temperature of water
5. Periods of the Earth’s history
6. The distance marathoners run
7. The width of your eraser
8. The temperature of the air
9. A small amount of dirt
10. The width of yarn
Hint: Centennial is NOT a unit of measurement!
Warm-up for 10/15/06
• Find two new words, each with a
different root from this week
• Write a flash card for each word
and its definition
• Do each of your words have meanings
that match the root’s definition?
Warm-up for 11/16/05
Imagine that someone has asked
you to create a centennial holiday
so that people 100 years from
today would celebrate it. If you
could create your own holiday,
what would you celebrate? Be
imaginative!
Write a T-chart in your spiral for
this with three (yellow) reasons
why you’d choose this holiday
(green).
Warm-up for 11/17/05
• Review your roots, words, and
definitions quietly until we begin
the quiz
• Make sure to review your NEW
words, too!
• Your notes must be completely
stowed in your backpack before
the quiz is passed out