Morphology: by Macey Smith https://padlet.com/macey_smith506/9omsuqe8e8wc What & Why? en-us 2018-11-26 23:49:31 UTC 2025-11-17 19:05:26 UTC hello@padlet.com Morphology in Literacy macey_smith506 https://padlet.com/macey_smith506/9omsuqe8e8wc/wish/308068921 What is morphology, anyway? ]]> 2018-11-26 23:50:23 UTC https://padlet.com/macey_smith506/9omsuqe8e8wc/wish/308068921 Why is morphology important? macey_smith506 https://padlet.com/macey_smith506/9omsuqe8e8wc/wish/308070499 Personally, I have always felt self-conscious about my vocabulary development. As a high school student, I hated having weekly vocabulary words to memorize. I never truly LEARNED the meanings. I just memorized them until Friday. I’m sure many students will agree with this process! I feel that effective vocabulary and linguistics instruction can give students a SKILL in life that they can use daily. ]]> 2018-11-27 00:01:30 UTC https://padlet.com/macey_smith506/9omsuqe8e8wc/wish/308070499 What can morphology help my students with? macey_smith506 https://padlet.com/macey_smith506/9omsuqe8e8wc/wish/308070703
  • Vocabulary Development
  • Fluency while Reading
  • Assistance to ELL Students
    • ]]>     2018-11-27 00:03:14 UTC https://padlet.com/macey_smith506/9omsuqe8e8wc/wish/308070703     Literacy Expert: Tim Shanahan macey_smith506 https://padlet.com/macey_smith506/9omsuqe8e8wc/wish/308072818
    In a recent meeting in August of 2018, literacy expert Tim Shaunahan discussed the importance of morphology awareness. He talked about how “phonics instruction cannot explain the grapheme-phoneme correspondences in countless words like does and rough.”

    He also discusses how structured word inquiry (SWI) is not about “adding morphological instruction to phonics instruction - IT’S ABOUT TEACHING HOW THE SYSTEM WORKS!”

    Shaunahan proposed teaching students about bases (root words) and affixes (morphemes) ALONGSIDE with phonics to help students understand morphemes are the “building blocks that construct words.”

    For ELEMENTARY STUDENTS:
    • Start with free bases (morphemes that stand alone) & THEN add in the bound bases (units that cannot stand alone)
    • Start with familiar vocabulary words for students & analyze these to find the bases to finally find other words in the same family 

    ]]>     2018-11-27 00:17:36 UTC https://padlet.com/macey_smith506/9omsuqe8e8wc/wish/308072818     International Literacy Association macey_smith506 https://padlet.com/macey_smith506/9omsuqe8e8wc/wish/308074180 “Morphological knowledge is not solely an exercise in isolated skills or memorization. Rather, it is a cohesive piece of the greater literacy puzzle that improves learners’ overall READING AND WRITING ABILITIES by strengthening BOTH their vocabularies and their critical thinking skills.” 

    Morphology should 
    • NOT be a “one-and-done” cram session
    • Be INTEGRATED in authentic literacy activities along with actual literacy curriculum
    • Be considered a TOOL for students to develop and use regularly
    • Create better READERS, WRITERS, and THINKERS
    FOR English Language Learners: start with a differentiated approach. Help them learn about morphemes by accessing their native language to cognate prior background knowledge.
    www.literacyworldwide.org/blog/literacy-daily/2017/11/22/rooting-on-adolescents

    ]]>     2018-11-27 00:25:58 UTC https://padlet.com/macey_smith506/9omsuqe8e8wc/wish/308074180     LITERACY PUZZLE macey_smith506 https://padlet.com/macey_smith506/9omsuqe8e8wc/wish/308074517 2018-11-27 00:27:32 UTC https://padlet.com/macey_smith506/9omsuqe8e8wc/wish/308074517 The Reading Teacher macey_smith506 https://padlet.com/macey_smith506/9omsuqe8e8wc/wish/308077310 “An understanding of word structure can be a powerful tool for students faced with the daunting task of acquiring academic vocabulary.” 

    Students with greater understanding of morphology 
    • Have greater reading comprehension scores
    • Are more fluent readers
    • Avoid the fourth grade slump
    FUN FACTS:
    1. Students learn between 2,000 and 3,000 words EACH year. 
    2. Vocabulary and reading comprehension have a reciprical relationship.
    FOUR PRINCIPAL ASPECT OF TEACHING MORPHOLOGY:
    1. Teach morphology in the context of RICH, EXPLICIT vocabulary instruction
    2. Teach students to USE MORPHOLOGY as a cognitive strategy with explicit steps
    3. Teach the underlying morphological knowledge needed in two ways: both EXPLICITLY AND IN CONTEXT
    4. For students with developed knowledge of Spanish, teach morphology in relation to cognate instruction
    "It is important that we do not ignore such a potentially powerful tool to add to students’ toolkits for extracting and constructing meaning from texts.”
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