Vocab Builder by Using Prefixes, Roots and Suffixes. Part 22: con.

2 months ago

This video is designed to help build general and scientific vocabulary for State and standardized exams by using word-part (prefix, root, suffix; many in Latin) explanation and examples.

This video is part of a series. In this video, we introduce this word parts: con.

You can download the free student engagement worksheet / quiz that we made for this video at the following link: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Vocabulary-Builder-Part-22-Video-sheet-Google-Forms-Canvas-more-V1-11929662

Credits:
Original footage of Market Street in San Francisco (now in the Public Domain): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Trip_Down_Market_Street

If possible, we encourage you to view this video the evening before the topic is presented in class. This will help you be more familiar with the key vocabulary and may improve your long-term retention of the concepts.

Other free resources we've made:
- For links to many free educational resources, please visit our website (no 3rd party advertising, no subscriptions, no paywalls): https://TestPrepLLC.org/

- For our free apps for Apple's Mac and iPad (collects no data, no advertising, no subscriptions, no paywalls, no in-app purchases), please visit our page on the Apple App Store. These apps include Common Core and State based practice tests in math, and State science exams based on NGSS and State curriculums (all with detailed, colorful explanations): https://apps.apple.com/us/developer/test-prep-llc/id1727786893

Best wishes,
The staff at Test Prep LLC
https://TestPrepLLC.org

#NGSS

Transcript

00:00This educational video is intended to help children build their vocabulary for the purpose of their general knowledge,

00:06as well as to improve their scores on state and other standardized exams.

00:11Please pause the video to read the purpose, scope, and warnings related to this video.

00:16This video has a free student engagement worksheet that can also be used as a quiz.

00:21It's available in many formats.

00:23Please see the link in the description to download this.

00:26In this video, we'll learn the definition of these words.

00:29We'll do that by focusing on the meaning of the word parts, which make up each word.

00:34The word part con- means together or with.

00:37It's similar to the prefix co- which we learned about in part 19.

00:41The word concur- is made of two word parts.

00:44The first word part is con- which in this case means together.

00:48The second word part is cur- which means running.

00:52The word concur- is a fancy way of saying agree.

00:55If someone concurs with what you've said, then she or he is agreeing with you.

00:59It may seem strange that putting the word part together and the word part running would mean agree.

01:06One way to think of this is imagine some friends running together.

01:09Since they're all going the same direction, that means all of them agree with each other about which way to go.

01:15The word concurrent is also made of the two word parts con- and cur-.

01:20Just like the word concur, this word literally means running together.

01:24We use this word when we want to say that two or more things are happening at the same time.

01:28For example, this washing machine and dryer are both running at the same time.

01:33So we can say these machines are doing the laundry concurrently.

01:37These friends are singing and dancing concurrently.

01:40These friends are singing, dancing, and cooking concurrently.

01:43The word conform- is made of two word parts.

01:46The first word part is con- which in this case means with.

01:50The second word part is form- which means a shape.

01:53To say that people conform to something means they all have the same appearance or behavior in some way.

01:59It's as though there's one shape, appearance, or behavior that everyone copies.

02:04These students are all wearing a school uniform.

02:07They appear similar because they're conforming to the same dress code.

02:10These people are conforming to the rules of soccer.

02:13So they move the ball by kicking it.

02:16These people are conforming to the rules of volleyball.

02:19So they move the ball by hitting it with their hands or arms.

02:22The word conform usually means a behavior, which means people are following rules.

02:27Those rules may affect what they wear and how they behave.

02:31The word context- is made of two word parts.

02:34The first word part is con- which in this case means with.

02:38The second word part is text- which means to weave.

02:42The most common use of the word context in school

02:45is in this phrase, figure out the meaning or pronunciation of a word based on its context.

02:50That means to figure out the meaning or pronunciation of a word by looking at the other words in the sentence.

02:56Here's an example.

02:58Would you pronounce this word as read or as read?

03:02The correct pronunciation depends on what other words are in the sentence.

03:06Here's a sentence in which we pronounce it as read.

03:09The teacher asks the students what book they would like him to read.

03:12In this sentence, it's pronounced as read.

03:15The student read the history lesson.

03:17It may seem strange that the word context has a word part that means weave,

03:22especially since we usually use the word context when referring to other words.

03:27Here's a possible explanation.

03:29The word yarn often refers to a material we use to make clothes.

03:33Kittens also love to play with a ball of yarn.

03:36But the word yarn can also be used in the phrase, spinning a yarn.

03:40That means someone is making up a story, such as telling a science fiction story.

03:45Likewise, we can use the word thread to refer to the material we use to sew our clothes together

03:51or to make very large pieces of fabric.

03:54But we also use the word thread to refer to someone's email,

03:58along with all the email responses that one or more people wrote back.

04:03An email thread is like a written conversation.

04:06These examples show us that we use some words to refer to both cloth and to words.

04:11The word textile is a general word that refers to cloth and contains the word text.

04:17Likewise, the word text can mean words, such as when used in the word textbook.

04:22A textbook is made of mostly words and has relatively few pictures.

04:26We use a textbook when learning about a subject in school.

04:30The word convene is made of two word parts.

04:33The first word part is con, which in this case means together.

04:37The second word part is veen, which means to come.

04:40This word means to come together.

04:42We often use this word when we're talking about bringing people together for a meeting or a conference.

04:48Here are some examples.

04:50These scientists convene to discuss a new discovery about stars.

04:54The school board will not convene during the summer,

04:56but will resume normal meetings when school starts next month.

05:00The term conveyor belt is made of two separate words, conveyor and belt.

05:04The word conveyor is made of two word parts.

05:07The first word part is con, which in this case means together.

05:11The second word part is vee, which means to move.

05:14You've probably seen conveyor belts at an airport.

05:17They are used to move luggage from a plane to the place where people pick it up.

05:21All the bags, suitcases, and other objects move together.

05:24Conveyor belts are very common in factories, especially for moving things to a higher level.

05:29Some conveyor belts are used to move people, like this one at a ski resort.

05:34You can think of conveyor belts as things that transport objects or people using a wide belt.

05:39The word convey is similar to the word conveyor.

05:42Both of these words contain the same word parts.

05:45The word convey means to communicate.

05:48There are two common settings when we use the word convey.

05:51The first setting is what we say or do.

05:53This mother is conveying her love for her son by hugging him and telling him that she loves him.

05:58These children are conveying their happy Mother's Day wishes with signs and telling her.

06:03These dogs are conveying their happiness by wagging their tails.

06:07The second way we convey something is by using communication technology.

06:11Here's an example sentence.

06:13This video conveys what life was like in San Francisco in 1906.

06:17It shows what the city looked like and how people dressed.

06:21It also shows common methods of transportation, such as cars, streetcars, and horse-draw carriages.

06:27The words convey and conveyor belt may seem very different, yet they both have the same word parts.

06:32Here's one way to see how they're similar.

06:34Both mean to transport.

06:36A conveyor belt transports objects or people from one place to another.

06:41When we communicate, it's like we are transporting our thoughts from one person to another,

06:46at least in the sense that we're sharing our thoughts.

06:49Thanks for your attention.

Vocab Builder by Using Prefixes, Roots and Suffixes. Part 22: con.

Category

Transcript

Recommended