by Dr. Garforth | Oct 25, 2019 | Phonological Fridays
Happy #phonologicalfriday everyone! This is the second #phonologicalfriday post written by Dr. Tom Nicholson, an Emeritus Professor from Massey University in Auckland, New Zealand. Last week, he provided us with a good introduction into the 6 different syllable types....
by Dr. Garforth | Oct 22, 2019 | Morpheme Mondays
Happy #morphememonday everyone! Morphology is a wonderful thing and unfortunately it is still missing out of most curricula. Thank you for taking the time to learn more about it. This week, our prefix <in> has two definitions; I have separated them...
by Dr. Garforth | Oct 19, 2019 | Phonological Fridays, Uncategorized
Happy #phonologicalfriday everyone! Over the next several weeks #phonologicalfriday will feature guest post from Dr. Tom Nicholson, an Emeritus Professor from Massey University in Auckland, New Zealand. Teaching how to read long words by breaking them into syllables...
by Dr. Garforth | Oct 15, 2019 | Morpheme Mondays, Uncategorized
Happy #MorphemeMonday Everyone! Happy Canadian Thanksgiving to our Canadian Readers. I am thankful to all of my readers who are taking their own time to help support their students’ learning. Origin: Latin Definition: under, beneath, below; secondary Examples:...
by Dr. Garforth | Oct 8, 2019 | Morpheme Mondays
Happy #morphememonday! This is the first Monday of October and October is Dyslexia Awareness Month. Dyslexia is a language-based specific learning disability that affects at least one in ten students. An individual with dyslexia has unexpected difficulty learning how...
by Dr. Garforth | Oct 5, 2019 | ADHD, Executive Functioning, Learning Disabilities
Inhibitory control is considered to be one of the three core executive functions. Executive functions are skills that help us control our behavior, adapt to new situations and problem solve in everyday life. Inhibitory control is sometimes referred to as self-control,...
by Dr. Garforth | Oct 3, 2019 | ADHD, Executive Functioning, Learning Disabilities, Skill Development
Cognitive flexibility, inhibitory control, and working memory are considered to be the three core executive functions. Executive functions are a set of skills that help an individual cope with the daily demands of living. Every human is born with the potential to...
by Dr. Garforth | Oct 1, 2019 | ADHD, Executive Functioning, Learning Disabilities
Working memory is the ability for you to hold information in your mind while you are using it. This information is often not readily available while you are working with it. For example, when you look at a phone number before dialing it, your working memory stores...
by Dr. Garforth | Sep 30, 2019 | Morpheme Mondays, Uncategorized
Can you believe this is the 12th #morphememoday!?! Thank you for joining me on my morpheme movement! The importance of explicitly teaching morphology is missing from the majority of today’s classrooms. This week we will be focusing on the Greek combining form...
by Dr. Garforth | Sep 27, 2019 | Phonological Fridays
Happy #phonologicalfriday! This week’s discussion on vowel sounds continues with the focus on the different sounds (phonemes) in the English language. The English spelling system can be difficult to master. One of the main reasons for this is because of all the...
