Morphology

Good Things Come in Threes I suppose it's debatable if suffixing rules are "good", however I think it is good news that only three rules exist. Suffixing can seem overwhelming, as evidenced by the number of adults I've encountered that don't know when to double the final consonant, drop silent <e>, and change <y> to <I>. And there you have the three rules. Heads up that I do not teach any new morphemes this unit. The focus lies solely on memorizing and implementing the suffi

Lesson Objective: Review vocabulary to build automaticity Grouping:  Partners Methodology:  Students work in pairs to review vocabulary in a competitive format. Duration: 10-20 minutes Flashcard Review 2.0. This game is essentially a flashcard review but in the form of a competitive game. Another way to expose students to the same material without it feeling monotonous! Additionally, students are reviewing vocabulary terms versus morphemes. This lesson invites students to

Our first suffixes of the year! At this point in the year, students learned parts of speech , homophones , and critical foundational terms . We are finally ready to learn some suffixes! This unit complements my -ed x3 phonology Unit . My data demonstrates that the majority of my students don't know the three pronunciations of -ed. As mentioned in my last Interactive Unit Guide , I think teaching suffixes according to their derivations, rather than their abstract defi

Lesson Objective: Enhance comprehension of key vocabulary through word generation, comparison, and contextual application Grouping:  Partners Methodology:  Students work in pairs to review vocabulary in a competitive format. Duration: 15-20 minutes It's game time. How do you expose students to the same material over and over without it feeling monotonous? Change the format! This lesson invites students to apply the same connection-making strategies used in the capture sheets

A bicyle can't stand on its own because it's two-tired . Yay for corny homophone jokes.... that statement may be redundant. We have another outlier unit this year…in fact, I don’t teach any morphemes at all. Think of this unit as Foundations 2.0.  That’s because I’m not ready to introduce suffixes until students can define nouns, verbs, and adjectives/adverbs. Students typically bomb the parts-of-speech portion of my pre-assessments. Even if they recall that a noun is a “pe

Below are some quick links to my anchor charts and posters referenced in my Interactive Unit Guides and How To posts . Sample anchor...

Lesson Objective: Strengthen students’ understanding of morphemes by prompting them to recognize, compare, and articulate...

Lesson Objective: Review known morpheme or phoneme to grapheme relationships. Grouping:  Partner or Individual Methodology:  Students...

Lesson Objective: Assess understanding of the unit mastery goal Grouping:  Independent Methodology: Students synthesize their learning...

Lesson Objective: Review content in preparation for an assessment Grouping:  Whole-Group Methodology: Jeopardy-style review immediately...

Lesson Objective: Generate concise definitions for vocabulary terms containing targeted morphemes. Grouping:  Independently in...

Lesson Objective: Allocate time for students to revisit, complete, or improve upon unfinished or unsatisfactory work. Grouping:...

Lesson Objective: Enhance comprehension of key vocabulary with targeted morphemes through word generation, morphological comparison, and...

Lesson Objective: Review morphemes to build automaticity. Apply context clues and morphological knowledge to complete cloze sentences....

Lesson Objective: Review morphemes to build automaticity. Grouping:  Partners Methodology:  Students work in pairs to review morphemes...

Lesson Objective: Apply morphemic segmentation to identify, define, and analyse words with targeted morphemes as they appear in a...

Lesson Objective: Use identify, define, and analyze terms with targeted morphemes using morphemic segmentation. Grouping:  Small-Group...

Lesson Objective: Use inquiry to develop shared definitions of targeted morphemes. Grouping:  Whole-group Methodology: A list of words...

Lesson Objective: Use inquiry to develop shared definitions of key terms. Grouping:  Whole-group Methodology: Students look for...

Let's jump in! After analyzing the pre-assessment data, we’re ready to begin Unit 1: Foundations. This is  the time to go slow to go...