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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 it
Teach 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.
EQUALITY
a noun that dates back to the
late 14c., "evenness of surface,
uniformity of size"
Martin Luther King, Jr. wanted
equality for all races.
The prefix
Other
words
that
start
with
EQUI/EQUA means EQUAL
this prefix are:
EQUILATERAL
EQUIANGULAR
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.
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...
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Mr. Mutscher, too!
When you see a word that
ends in -ion or -tion, it is
usually a noun.
association
combination
dimension
division
fraction
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
EQUIANGULA
R
EQUATION
You are a math
superhero!
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Great job
and see you
next week!