Word Roots: Seeing and SayingSix roots about seeing and saying, and the words built on each.5th GradeLearn the root and you can guess at words you have never seen before.RootMeansWords built on itvid / visseevideo, visible, visionspectlookinspect, spectator, respectdictsaydictate, predict, verdictvocvoice, callvocal, advocate, vocabularyscrib / scriptwritedescribe, script, prescriptiongraphwrite, drawautograph, paragraph, graphicSet 1 of 6. Meet an unknown word? Split it and translate the parts.Word Roots: Seeing and Sayinglearnposters.com
Word Roots: Seeing and Saying — printable literacy wall chart from LearnPosters. Free vector PDF, US Letter and A4.

What’s on the Word Roots: Seeing and Saying poster

A 6-row table: Root · Means · Words built on it.

Learn the root and you can guess at words you have never seen before.

Set 1 of 6. Meet an unknown word? Split it and translate the parts.

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What’s on the Word Roots: Seeing and Saying poster?
A 6-row table: Root · Means · Words built on it. Learn the root and you can guess at words you have never seen before. vid / vis — see — video, visible, vision; spect — look — inspect, spectator, respect; dict — say — dictate, predict, verdict; voc — voice, call — vocal, advocate, vocabulary; scrib / script — write — describe, script, prescription; graph — write, draw — autograph, paragraph, graphic. Set 1 of 6. Meet an unknown word? Split it and translate the parts.
Who is the Word Roots: Seeing and Saying poster for?
Word Roots: Seeing and Saying is filed under 5th Grade (ages 10–11), so it matches what that year asks a child to remember. It is equally useful to an older student revisiting literacy, and to the parent or teacher answering the question at the kitchen table.
When should you use the Word Roots: Seeing and Saying poster?
One root a day beats one word a day — a root unlocks a dozen words. A wall chart earns its place by being glanceable from where the work is happening, so Word Roots: Seeing and Saying belongs on the wall where that literacy work actually happens, within glancing distance, rather than filed away.
What other posters go with Word Roots: Seeing and Saying?
Word Roots: Earth and Sky, Word Roots: Life and Body and Word Roots: Moving and Carrying sit alongside Word Roots: Seeing and Saying in the 5th Grade set. Printed together they make a wall rather than a single sheet, which is how a reference set actually gets used.Word Roots: Earth and SkyWord Roots: Life and BodyWord Roots: Moving and Carrying
Is the Word Roots: Seeing and Saying poster free to download and print?
Yes. Word Roots: Seeing and Saying downloads as a free PDF with no account, no email and no watermark, like everything else in the 5th Grade set. Print as many copies as you like for a home, a classroom, a library or a tutoring group; reselling the file is the only thing the licence rules out.Read the licence
What size does the Word Roots: Seeing and Saying poster print at?
Word Roots: Seeing and Saying is a vector PDF laid out for US Letter, and prints on A4 with Fit to page — the same file, no separate download. Because every mark on it is drawn rather than photographed, it stays sharp enlarged to A3, A2 or A1 at a copy shop. Colour carries emphasis only, so a greyscale print of Word Roots: Seeing and Saying loses nothing.Printing guide

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