by Dr. Garforth | May 4, 2020 | Morpheme Mondays, Reading Science
What is Morphological Awareness? Morphological awareness is an understanding of the morphemic patterns in words and knowledge of what the morpheme means. The English language is full of polysyllabic words that contain prefixes and suffixes to extend and expand the...
by Dr. Garforth | Mar 30, 2020 | Morpheme Mondays
Throwback to our first #MorphemeMonday! blog post… You may be wondering what exactly #MorphemeMonday is: it is simply a day to bring awareness about the importance of morpheme instruction to parents and educators out there. Technically speaking, morphemes are...
by Dr. Garforth | Mar 16, 2020 | Morpheme Mondays
Happy 30th #morphememonday everyone! Instead of focusing on a prefix, root, and suffix, this week we are going to focus on the black sheep of the affix family, the connector vowel. Now like the black sheep of any family, some of the information out there...
by Dr. Garforth | Jan 27, 2020 | Morpheme Mondays
Happy #morphememonday everyone! I have just about recovered from the flu so let’s get back on track for our morpheme mission. Origin: Latin Definition: not Examples: immoral, immense, impertinent, immediate, immaculate <im> + <pure> = impure...
by Dr. Garforth | Nov 5, 2019 | Morpheme Mondays
Happy #morphememonday everyone! Can you believe that now it is November, #morphememondays has existed for 4 months and this is the 18th post. In those 18 posts, we have covered 51 morphemes! I hope you are enjoying this journey as much as I am; so without...
