Math Vocab EQUI- and -ION

Mrs. Stoebe loves the math department!

Standards

Reading/Vocabulary Development: Students understand new vocabulary and use it when reading and writing.

Students are expected to:

2A Determine the meaning of grade-level academic English words derived from Latin, Greek, or other linguistic roots and affixes;

2B Use context (e.g., cause and effect or compare and contrast organizational text structures to determine or clarify the meaning of unfamiliar or multiple meaning words

How to do itTeach model word.

Show visual.

Teach word parts.

Show math word.

Have students turn to elbow partner to predict meaning. (Use word meanings in predictions.)

Poll students on their brainstorming

Teach math word.

Have students rate word of understanding with a thumbs up if they are confident in its use or a thumb down if they are still unsure on the meaning.

Ask students to apply words in math class.

EQUALITYa noun that dates back to the

late 14c., "evenness of surface, uniformity of size"

Martin Luther King, Jr. wanted equality for all races.

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The prefix EQUI/EQUA means

EQUAL Other words that start

with this prefix are:EQUILATERALEQUIANGULAR

EQUATION

Lateral means“from the side”

A real world example of the word lateral is:

A lateral pass in football.

It is a pass thrown out to the side.

So an EQUILATERAL triangle would be...

A triangle with equal sides!How many of you figured it out?

Angular means “having corners or angles”

A real world example of the word angular is:

Many fashion models have lean, angular

cheeks.

Look at those angular

cheeks!

So an EQUIANGULAR shape would be...

A shape with all angles of the

same degrees.

Give yourself a hand if you figured it out!

The sides of an equiangular triangle

are all the same length, and so an

equiangular triangle is really the same thing

as an equilateral triangle.

Last word for the day...

Did you know Mr. Shuck loves the Biebs???

Mr. Mutscher, too!

When you see a word that ends in -ion or -tion,

it is usually a noun.

associationcombinationdimension

divisionfraction

intersection

Put it together...

EQUI/EQUA- = EQUAL

-TION = noun

An EQUATION is...

A number sentence (noun) that uses the

equal sign.

EQUI/EQUA means EQUAL

EQUILATERAL

EQUIANGULAR

EQUATIONlittl

e bit

From the Declaration on Independence

Great job and see you next week!

You are a math superhero!