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 | 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...
by Dr. Garforth | Sep 23, 2019 | Morpheme Mondays
Happy #morphememonday everyone! I hope you are enjoying the journey to learn more about morphology by learning more about the different prefixes, roots, and suffixes found in the English language. Teaching etymology and morphology to all students from a young age...
