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Self-paced online structured literacy trainings available for individual instructors, teams, and school purchase.
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Designing Engaging and Effective Morphology Lessons for Grades 4–8
An introduction to research-informed principles for designing explicit morphology lessons. Learn how to prioritize morphemes, select high-utility words, and build instructional routines integrating multiple components of language.
- Audience
- Instructors serving grades 4–8
- Delivery
- Online asynchronous
Explicit, Systematic Suffix Instruction: A Multicomponent Structured Literacy Approach
Suffixes require more instructional attention than prefixes or base elements, but instructors can learn a systematic approach to teaching them. Through lesson demonstrations and practical routines, learn to teach high-utility suffixes and suffix conventions within a structured literacy framework, strengthening reading, spelling, vocabulary, comprehension, syntax, and written language.
- Audience
- Instructors serving upper-elementary and secondary students
- Delivery
- Online asynchronous
Understanding Academic Language Demands After 3rd Grade
The research behind integrated word-level instruction: what changes in text after grade 3, why decoding proficiency keeps affecting comprehension growth well past elementary school, and how orthographic mapping actually works.
- Audience
- Instructors serving upper-elementary and secondary students
- Delivery
- Online asynchronous
Morphology Essentials: An Introduction for Upper Elementary and Secondary Educators
Build the word-structure knowledge instructors need before teaching morphology well: how complex words are built, why English spelling represents both sound and meaning, and what makes suffixes uniquely demanding for students.
- Audience
- Instructors serving upper-elementary and secondary students
- Delivery
- Online asynchronous
Building Academic Vocabulary Through Tier 2 Anchor Word Families
Turn morphological knowledge into a repeatable routine for teaching Tier 2 academic vocabulary through anchor word families. Follow a full lesson demonstration, from selecting high-utility words through word sums, word chains, and applying words in content-area text.
- Audience
- Instructors serving upper-elementary and secondary students
- Delivery
- Online asynchronous
Looking for instructional materials?
Visit The Morphology Kit® for lessons, activities, games, and DIY tools supporting morphological awareness instruction.