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...
by Dr. Garforth | May 8, 2020 | Phonological Fridays
What is the Schwa? According to Gina Cooke (2008a), the schwa is: “the Language Arts teacher’s nemesis: the unstressed, toneless, neutral vowel sound that is the most common sound in all of English.” Technically speaking, the schwa is an unstressed vowel sound...
by Dr. Garforth | Apr 20, 2020 | Morpheme Mondays
Happy #morphememonday! I hope everyone is staying safe during the Covid-19 pandemic. If you are running out of ways to keep your primary student busy at home, you should consider Garforth Education’s Primary Weekly Activity program. I use these activities at home with...
by Dr. Garforth | Apr 17, 2020 | Phonemic Awareness, Phonological Fridays
I find using analogies helpful when I am teaching. I recently shared one of the ones I have used with my students in the past with other educators and it received a positive response. The response from that conversation gave me the inspiration to write this post!...
by Dr. Garforth | Apr 6, 2020 | Morpheme Mondays
Happy #morphememonday everyone! I hope everyone is staying safe in this time of ‘social distancing’. It is challenging for everyone in this time of uncertainty. With schools and libraries shutting their door for the foreseeable future in a measure to keep everyone as...
