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  • Common Core alignment to a Interactive Puzzle is to 4 key phrases:
    "Grade Level", "Greek and Latin Roots", "Precise Meaning" and "Context".
    CCSS Alignment Strand numbers for Specific Grades:
    Grade Level: "CCSS.ELA-Literacy." precedes these numbers: 2.4, 3.4, 4.4, 5.4, 6.4, 7.4, 8.4, 9-10.4, 11-12.4
    Greek & Latin Roots: "CCSS.ELA-Literacy." precedes these numbers: 2.4b+c, 3.4b+c, 4.4b, 5.b, 6.4b, 7.4b, 8.4b, 9-10.4b, 11-12.4b
    Precise Meaning: "CCSS.ELA-Literacy." precedes these numbers: 2.4e, 3.4d, 4.4c, 5.4c, 6.4c, 7.4c, 8.4c, 9-10.4c, 11-12.4c
    Context: "CCSS.ELA-Literacy." precedes these numbers: 2.4a, 3.4a, 4.4a, 5.4a, 6.4a, 7.4a, 8.4a, 9-10.4a, 11-12.4a
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    1) Prefix Study PRO #1 -- myvocabulary.com

    Directions:
    myVocabulary.com offers 14 PREFIX puzzles with the grade level of each vocabulary word marked to the right in the vocabulary word list beginning with a prefix below. Use eight grade level vocabulary words for each prefix. www.myVocabulary.com offers a total of 112 vocabulary words.

    The prefixes and links are:
    AB-ABS - AD - BE - COM - DE - DIS - EN - EX - IN-IM - PRE - PRO - RE - SUB - UN

    Clue:
    1. Study the vocabulary words in the vocabulary word bank to determine the meaning(s) of each prefix.
    2. Use the definition, part of speech and "master" Latin/Greek vocabulary root as clues to solve each puzzle.
    3. Type or write your answers INSIDE the boxes. At the bottom of the last prefix puzzle, click " SUBMIT" to get the correct answers and a sentence for each vocabulary word.
    4. Note: You can print a copy of these prefixes and exercises in three sizes: normal, bigger or biggest font. You can also send your answers to teachers, parents and friends.

    Why are these 14 prefixes important? According to Richard E. Hodges of the University of Puget Sound in a booklet titled: "Improving Spelling and Vocabulary in Secondary School" published by the NCTE in 1982; page 30:
    "If you were to examine the 20,000 most used English words, you would find that about 5,000 of them contain prefixes and that 82% (about 4,100) of those words use one of only fourteen different prefixes out of all the available prefixes in the language."
    Vocabulary Word List:
    Prefix PRO means " in front of, before, forward, in favor of. "
    Below is an alphabetical list of vocabulary words using the prefix PRO with an indication of a grade level.
    Proclaim - 6, Prognosticate - HS, Progressive - 7, Projection - 8, Promotion - 8, Proposal - 7, Prospect - 5, Provoke - 7

    Prefix Study PRO #1 -- myvocabulary.com

    1)  The act of looking forward; anticipation; a mental picture of something to come; a potential buyer or customer (noun)
    Root SPECT = watch, see, look, appear

    2)  To announce publicly; to declare (verb)
    Root CLAM = call out, declare

    3)  To arouse to action or feeling especially to excite to anger; to call forth; to stir up purposely (verb)
    Root VOC = voice, call

    4)  Characterized by forward movement or gradual increase; developing in extent or severity (adjective)
    Root GRESS = step, walk

    5)  A suggestion; an offer of something for consideration or discussion (noun)
    Root POS = place, put. lay

    6)  The act or fact of being raised in position or rank; the furthering of the growth or development of something (noun)
    Root MOT = move

    7)  The act of throwing or shooting forward, esp. at a sharp angle; estimate of future possibilities based on a current trend (noun)
    Root JECT = throw, cast

    8)  To forecast from present signs or indications; to prophesy; to presage (verb)
    Root GNOS = know

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