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-ic Endings Add ‘k’ Rule
This is a tricky spelling rule because you need to be familiar with a number of rules for it to make sense. When words end
St Peter’s Woodlands And Word Cracking
Why 96% of St Peters Woodlands year-one students perform at, or above, literacy benchmarks! Watch the Video and read on to discover exactly how St
Word Cracking terminology
Defining the common terms you’ll see in the Word Cracking Resources In this article, we glossarise the common morphological terms you will see in the
Morphology and Spelling
Morphology and its relation to Spelling Why, when, and how to incorporate it in literacy teaching. In this article, we are going to examine the
When do I start teaching Morphology?
Want to incorporate morphology into your teaching? – Start here You can incorporate morphology instruction into your program anytime you like. The only thing that
CRACKER CUP CHALLENGES: gamifying vocabulary development
When Sally and I wrote the original Word Cracker manual, we included a whole section of whole-class games centered around a perpetual trophy called The
“Whatology?” A Morphology Explainer for School Leaders
So, your teachers are talking to you about teaching morphology. Maybe your response is “whatology?” (like mine would have been when I was a member
What is morphology and how do I teach it at home?
Help! I’m a parent who has heard about morphology as an important part of literacy teaching, but I’m not even sure what the term means!
TEACHING SUFFIXES: STARTING WITH THE SUFFIX ‘S’
Teaching the world’s most common suffix The suffix ‘s’ joins suffix ‘ing’, ‘ed’ and its partner in crime suffix ‘es’ to make up a whopping
Sample Lesson -Suffix-s
The student(s) are introduced to the consonant suffix: Student(s) are also introduced to the terms: NOUN: A word for a person, place or thing. VERB: An
Using the word cracker for intensive tier 3 intervention
Tier 3 Intervention Tier 3 students are those who experience challenges with their literacy development. Generally, these students are taught in a 1-1 or 1-2
Teaching morphology in the classroom
Word Cracker resources are built to be used to teach morphology no matter which scope and sequence a school use. However, the Word cracker includes