{"id":526,"date":"2011-06-24T00:51:00","date_gmt":"2011-06-24T04:51:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/characterinkblog.com\/day-120-wordy-wednesday-root-spec\/"},"modified":"2015-08-14T21:41:58","modified_gmt":"2015-08-15T01:41:58","slug":"day-120-wordy-wednesday-root-spec","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/characterinkblog.com\/day-120-wordy-wednesday-root-spec\/","title":{"rendered":"day 120: wordy wednesday\u2014root \u201cspec\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Do you remember how I talked earlier about how we (and our students if we are teachers) know much more than we think we do! There is no place that this is more apparent than vocabulary learning!<\/span><\/div>\n
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Root words, and sometimes even syllables, have meaning. And we often already know meanings of bits and pieces that we can put together to gain more knowledge. (If you know a foreign language, you will have even more success unlocking unknown words or parts of words since much of our language is taken from other languages.)<\/span><\/div>\n
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How can you use this concept to help you or your students? When you come to an unfamiliar word, don\u2019t assume that you do not know it. Look more closely at the word. (And help your kids to do the same\u2014question them all the time: \u201cWhat do you know about the \u2018aqua\u2019 part of aquamarine?\u201d [Or even, \u201cWhat do you know about the \u2018marine\u2019 part?\u201d)<\/span><\/div>\n
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Today\u2019s  <\/span>root is SPEC, SPIC, or SPIT<\/span><\/div>\n
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It means LOOK or SEE<\/span><\/div>\n
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What do you already know about these \u201cspec,\u201d \u201cspic,\u201d and \u201cspit\u201d words?<\/span><\/div>\n
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  1. Perspective\u2014seeing a point of view<\/span><\/li>\n
  2. Aspect\u2014one part or one thing you can see<\/span><\/li>\n
  3. Spectator\u2014one who sees<\/span><\/li>\n
  4. Spectacle\u2014a sight to see<\/span><\/li>\n
  5. Suspect\u2014a person you see that might be guilty<\/span><\/li>\n
  6. Others???<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
    Keep reading. Keep asking yourself what you already know!<\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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