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 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 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...
