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Phonology is a system of speech that supports sounds that are fundamental components of a language.

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Morphology is the study of words and how they are formed. This includes the structure of words and parts such as: stem, root words, prefixes, and suffixes.

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Why is Language Structure Important for ELLs? 

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Why is Language Structure Important for ELLs? 

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Language structure is important to ELL students because a student learning a new language needs to be able to express language in a way to persuade, describe, and analyze things around them. They also important for memorization and cultural relevance.

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It is also important to note that this will also help make connections between speakers both native and non-native English speakers.

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For phonology your students could do a rhyming game. One way to do this is with rhyming matching cards. Each card will have a picture on it. The students will take turns flipping the cards over and trying to find a match. For example: cat and mat. Those two pictures would be a match. The students would get to keep those cards. The student with the most matches wins.

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One activity to do this is playing your students a letter sound multiple times and then as an added bonus students can write the letter on a board. If the student isn't that advanced yet they can just tell you the letter name for the sound you played. This helps put a sound to a letter.

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Another fun activity for students to do is word bricks! These are small bricks that have both prefixes, suffixes, and base words. The students will build words using their background knowledge to create words using these blocks.

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Another quick and easy activity to do in school is sorting word families. This would include any words that you see with the same groups of letters at the end of a word such as -op, -at -am and so on. You can do one word family pairing a day.

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Colorín Colorado. “Empowering ELL Parents & Families at Home.” Colorín Colorado, Colorín Colorado, 12 Mar. 2007, www.colorincolorado.org/article/empowering-ell-parents-families-home.

Florida Center for Reading Research. “Kindergarten and First Grade | Florida Center for Reading Research.” Fcrr.org, fcrr.org/student-center-activities/kindergarten-and-first-grade.

“Fun Activities That Help Develop Language Learning in Children | British Council.” Www.britishcouncil.my, www.britishcouncil.my/english/courses-children/resources/fun-activities-that-develop-language-learning#:~:text=Games%20like%20Scrabble%2C%20Pictionary%20or.

“Morphology Games for Teachers.” Teach Starter, www.teachstarter.com/au/teaching-resource-collection/morphology/games/. Accessed 21 Feb. 2024.

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This is a fun and engaging website that students can use at home called word cracking. This website teaches morphology and includes fun games, lessons, and templetes for students to do at home. This websites has tier 1-3 supports and is great for all types of students/learners.

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Everything You Need To Teach Morphology In One Place. Individual And School Memberships Are Available.

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An interactive storybook at home is great for phonology for kids. The student can sound discrimination and matching beginning and ending sounds of words. They can match pictures to the sounds the hear on the screen.