Morphology Instruction

Morphology is the binding agent between

phonology, orthography, and semantics.

(Bowers & Kirby, 2010; Kirby & Bowers, 2017)

English is morpho-phonemic, meaning it represents both morphology and phonology within spellings; however, morphology is a central organizing element of written language. Because of this, the morphological structure of a word dictates which graphemes may be used to spell with phonemes (Meaux, Diehm, and Collins, 2020).

Direct instruction for morphological awareness assists students in decoding, spelling, and learning vocabulary through learning how to analyze the layers of the English language.

Peer-Reviewed Research Articles on Morphology

Whole Group or Small Group Lessons

"Building Knowledge Through Words:

Context Clues, Word Building, Word Function, Application"

These lessons integrate grade level vocabulary words across Tiers 1, 2, 3 (according to Common Core Standards) as well as grade level roots and affixes. In addition to using morphemes to teach vocabulary, these lessons build in syntactic and comprehension instruction.

Lessons can be used as part of core literacy instruction, to extend student learning, and/or reinforce morphology and linguistic skills.

**This resource has been listed as an approved literacy resource by

the Virginia Department of Education and the Kansas Department of Education.**

How do I use this?

These videos will help you learn the "why" of the activities and the "how" to facilitate rich class discussions to build knowledge through words.

Class discussion has a 0.86 effect size and is the core of these lessons.