Teaching morphology

Want an intentional way to increase your students' morphological skills AND vocabulary? Try a morphology word of the day routine!

Suggestions for teaching vocabulary by analyzing word parts.

Morphology is the study of how morphemes are combined to form words. Understanding morphology helps with spelling, decoding, and comprehension.

Teaching morphology is a great way to improve vocabulary & decoding. This post shares guidelines and a leveled morphology scope and sequence.

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Morphology word matrixes are a powerful tool to help students understand the structural elements of words and build their vocabulary.

Discover the transformative power of integrating morphology lessons into your ELA classroom. Uncover engaging activities, tech tools, and cross-disciplinary approaches to enhance vocabulary and language proficiency.

Prefix, suffix, and root lesson using morphology notebooks Are you teaching prefixes, suffixes, and roots? I strive for a literacy-rich classroom. Developing morphological-rich awareness is a basic building block for reading comprehension, spelling, and even fluency. If a student can pronounce and know what a “tyrannosaurus rex,” they are more than capable of interpreting a […]

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. Over on the blog, I am sharing how to use controlled text to build morphological awareness. Learn how morphology plays an important role in literacy and how to plan your morphology lessons strategically. Grab morphology passages which you can later use as reading passages to build fluency.

Understanding the root of math words will support your students in acquisition of math vocabulary. In a previous blog, the vocabulary of math was featured. It discusses everyday words (Tier II) tha…

Understanding prefixes and suffixes is vital in increasing kids’ vocabulary. This interactive notebook can be used as a reference to help your students determine the meaning of the new word formed when a known prefix or suffix is added to a root word. At Tiny Shack you can find posters that you can reduce the size of and make into an interactive notebook. Come over to Tiny Teaching Shack for this grammar resource and many more prefix and suffix activities!

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Engaging prefixes and suffixes activities for 4th and 5th grade students including videos, books, and lesson ideas.

Teaching morphology in the primary grades can set up our students for success. you can introduce morphology by teaching suffixes right away.

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Let’s explore morphology in structured literacy today. Be sure to follow along with our What is Structured Literacy? blog series! What is Morphology? Morphology refers to studying the morphemes {or units of meaning} in words. It’s clear as day now, right? Ha! Let’s make it a little clearer. A morpheme is the smallest unit of ... Read More about Morphology in Structured Literacy