Frag, Frail, Fract Greek/Latin Word Study 4th Grade

What: I can study the Greek/Latin root words FRACT, FRAIL & FRAG, which means broken or shattered.

How: Quizizz!

Why: To expand my vocabulary and understand how words are connected.

Objective

Geometry that creates broken patterns out of a smaller version of design.

This is usually a type of art.

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Fractals

A part of a whole.

Broken piece of something that is no longer whole.

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Fraction

A part of the body that is broken.

Fun fact: People get confused all the time between a fracture and a broken bone. Typically, they mean the exact same thing. However, there are degrees of a fracture and why some fractures heal easier than others.

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Fracture

Easily broken or easily damaged.

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Fragile

An incomplete sentence or a break in the sentence.

For example: The dog play.

This is a fragment! What word is missing?

Fragment

Something that is broken into pieces.

Broken glass is a good example of this.

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Fragmented

Easily broken or destroyed.

Example: someone very weak or sick.

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Frail

Broken rule, a violation

A referral is written because of an infraction.

Infraction

To bend light to appear broken.

Refract

To break into an issue; to vote

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Suffrage

What: I can study the Greek/Latin root words FRACT, FRAIL & FRAG, which means broken or shattered.

How: Quizizz!

Why: To expand my vocabulary and understand how words are connected.

Objective

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