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Are you seeking morphology activities to help you introduce prefixes, suffixes, Latin Roots, Greek combining forms and connectives in an easy, no-prep way? Morpheme Blocks are designed to do just that. They’re a must have to add to your collection of morphology activities. This resource will weave seamlessly into any morphology scope and sequence for Orton-Gillingham.
Studying affixes is part of building strong morphological understanding of the English language. It is part of building a solid reading foundation.
Latin roots and Greek forms are the building blocks to thousands of words. With these morphology activities, we can teach them to students in a meaningful way. They open the doors to stronger vocabulary and better reading comprehension.
Students who study morphology are taught to use a critical eye when approaching words. Question it. Find out its origin. See what words can be built with it. How can we combine forms to create new words? These are the guiding questions to deepen their understanding.
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Studying affixes is part of building strong morphological understanding of the English language. It is part of building a solid reading foundation.
It’s important to help our students build their morphological awareness, but how can we do this? By using controlled text! What is morphological awareness? Morphological awareness is the ability to recognize the smallest units of meaning in words. These units, or morphemes, may be prefixes, suffixes, base words, or roots. Looking for resources to help…
Many teachers are familiar with decoding strategies that may emphasize the use of picture clues, meaning, and self-monitoring. Sometimes these decoding activities are even given cute nicknames to help students remember. While we want students to monitor our students and their reading for accuracy to make sure it makes sense, often these kinds of decoding…
You know those little “aha” moments that teachers love to see happen? Like when a student runs into a new word, hesitates for a second, spots a familiar root, and suddenly everything makes sense. Their face brightens, they decode with confidence, and they understand the text on a deeper level. Moments like that show just…
What is morphological awareness? I find it is easiest to think of morphological awareness as analogous to phonemic awareness. When we work on phonemic awareness, we are working with students to segment, blend, and manipulate syllables and sounds. It is a primarily oral activity. Similarly, morphemic awareness is the ability to isolate and understand morphological…
The more students know the more complicated spelling becomes. They begin to need to take into consideration not only sound and symbol correspondence, but the word’s morphology and part of speech. One potentially confusing concept is words that end in -ous or -us. Both endings are pronounced /ǝs/. So how do we know when to…