by Dr. Garforth | Jun 15, 2020 | Morpheme Mondays
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:...
by Dr. Garforth | Jun 8, 2020 | Morpheme Mondays
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...
by Dr. Garforth | Jun 5, 2020 | Phonological Fridays
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...
by Dr. Garforth | Jun 4, 2020 | Skill Development
Goal setting plays a crucial role for anyone who wants to succeed in life. Setting a goal helps provide direction to your effort. There are very few people in this world who have achieved great success without first setting a goal. Having goals can be even more...
by Dr. Garforth | Jun 1, 2020 | Morpheme Mondays
Happy #morphememonday everyone! I hope everyone is staying well and taking care. This week the prefix we are featuring has two different meanings and can trace its origins back to Old English, Latin and Greek! Origin: Latin/Old English Definition: in, on, to Examples:...
by Dr. Garforth | May 29, 2020 | Phonological Fridays
Over the last several weeks, #phonologicalfriday has been focusing on syllables. This is the sixth post in a 7 part series on syllable types written by Massey University’s Dr. Tom Nicholson. He has previously written on closed syllables, open...
by Dr. Garforth | May 26, 2020 | Morpheme Mondays
Happy #morphememonday everyone! I hope everyone is staying well and keeping safe. This week we are going to focus on some of the more common Latin morphemes in the English language. These are all ones that students should be taught because of how frequently they...
by Dr. Garforth | May 22, 2020 | Instructional Strategies
This is an exciting post for me to write because it is the Garforth Education Blog’s 100th post! I know you are probably expecting a #phonologicalfriday post, but this week it is a special occasion so I have decided to write something a little different. I have...
by Dr. Garforth | May 14, 2020 | Learning Disabilities, Skill Development
If you want to be successful in life, you must develop emotional stability. Warren Buffet has was quoted as saying: “The key to success is emotional stability.” This statement is true for anyone. There are times when life feels like an emotional roller coaster....
by Dr. Garforth | May 11, 2020 | Morpheme Mondays
Happy #morphememonday everyone! Alright, now back to this week’s morphemes. As a reminder, a morpheme is the smallest unit of meaning in the English language. A prefix is a morpheme found at the beginning of a word. A root is a morpheme that provides the...
