Common Greek Roots Scope

Common Greek Roots Directions Click on the slide. Read the root word and its definition at the top of the slide. Click the space bar. Read the first word part that pops up. Click the space bar. Read the next word part that comes up. (Repeat this step until the entire word appears under the word parts.) Read the entire word using the chunks (syllables). Click on the speaker symbol to listen to the correct pronunciation of the word. Determine whether you were correct. Click on the space bar. Read the definition that appears. Think about how the definition relates to the meaning of the root word. Think about the meanings of any of the other word parts. After you have finished with all of the slides, go back to the first slide. Repeat the process. Determine whether you can say the word correctly. Also, attempt to say the definition of the word before you make the definition appear. Repeat the process until you are able to say the definitions of each of the words correctly.

TEL E SCOPE TELESCOPE scope: see A tube used to see things that are faraway, like stars and the moon.

TEL E SCOP IC TELESCOPIC scope: see A word used to describe something that allows the user to see something far away.

MI SCOPE CRO MICROSCOPE scope: see A small tube with mirrors and glass that makes very tiny objects seem much larger.

MI CRO SCOP IC MICROSCOPIC scope: see A word to describe something that is very hard to see because it is so small.

STETH SCOPE O STETHOSCOPE scope: see A tool used by doctors to listen to someone’s heart or breathing. (“Stethos” is Greek for “breast.” “Scope” means “look in” in the word “stethoscope.”)

HOR O SCOPE HOROSCOPE scope: see A chart used by an astrologer to tell someone’s fortunes (to see a person’s future).

PER I SCOPE PERISCOPE scope: see A tube using mirrors that someone can look through to see around corners and other places where one couldn’t normally see (like in a submarine).

KA LEI DO SCOPE KALEIDOSCOPE scope: see A toy tube that uses mirrors and colored glass to see reflections of patterns through an eyehole.