THE WRITTEN WORD:
ORTHOGRAPHY & MORPHOLOGY
ORTHOGRAPHY: English is a rich and
complex language. For some, English
MORPHOLOGY: 80% of all words
appears illogical and “crazy”. It doesn’t readers encounter have one or
have to be this way. English is well- more affixes (Cunningham
ordered and logical…if you know the
“rules”. Unfortunately, most educator
(1998). Learning the most
preparation programs have failed to common affixes, bases and root
teach teachers the foundational words facilitates automatic word
knowledge needed to teach
recognition.
decoding. This workshop changes that.
OUTCOMES: OUTCOMES:
§ Learn and apply the six syllabication § Identify most common prefixes, roots,
& four chopping patterns to decode suffixes and combining forms in English
multisyllabic words. content words.
§ Learn the five most common § Analyze words at the morpheme
spelling rules and how to incorporate level.
into instruction. § Integrate morphology into word study,
Audience: K-5 Educators
Time: 4 Hours (can be divided
into two workshops)
vocabulary and fluency instruction.
§ Develop tools for direct instruction.