Happy #phonologicalfriday everyone! I hope you are doing well. If you are a regular reader of this blog, you know that I like to find logic in the English language. I think it is important that educators can tell students why things are spelled a certain way. A few...
Happy #morphememonday everyone! Can you believe we are coming up to the anniversary of #morphememondays? The first #morphememonday was July 8th 2019 and we have covered so much since then. Origin: Latin & Greek Definition: forward, in favor of, before Examples:...
Happy #morphememoday everyone! I hope you are having a great day. For anyone new to morphology, you can learn more about what morphemes are here. This week we are featuring an Old English prefix, twin Latin roots, and a Greek suffix. Origin: Old English Definition:...
Happy #morphememonday everyone! This week we have a special treat! This is a guest post from a linguistics expert Gina Cooke. When I was working on a #morphememonday post I was wondering when is <i> considered to be a connector vowel and when is it considered to...
Happy #phonologicalfriday everyone! This week’s activity is designed to help students with the highest level of phonological awareness, phonemic awareness. Before we get into this week’s activity using Elkonin or Sound boxes, we should review some terminology. A...