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Morphology

How to Use Writing to Improve Morphological Awareness

For students with dyslexia, composing a piece of writing can be incredibly challenging. Writing requires the orchestration of many complex tasks. Students must: This cognitive load can be overwhelming for our students. For teachers of structured literacy, time is our most precious commodity. Choosing how to spend our lesson time is a serious decision. Much…

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Tips for Using Controlled Text to Build Morphological Awareness

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…