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The Literacy Support Kit (LSK) bridges foundational gaps in phonics and handwriting, providing flexible, targeted resources to support struggling readers and writers.
In addition to phonics, developing a deep understanding of morphology—studying word structure—is a crucial step in advancing literacy.
Together, phonics and morphology create a powerful combination for literacy growth.

Daily Reading and Spelling Drills
Building literacy is a process that requires daily commitment, particularly for students living with learning difficulties.
In this post, you’ll discover how to use reading and spelling drills to strengthen phoneme-grapheme correspondences, build fluency, and foster confidence.

Morphology & Struggling Readers
Unlocking Literacy Through Morphology English is a morphophonemic language, meaning it combines sound (phonics) with meaning (morphology). While phonics is vitally important as the foundation

LSK – Literacy Games
Literacy Games: Making Learning Fun and Engaging Incorporating games into literacy instruction can transform the learning experience, making it engaging and enjoyable for students. Games

Teaching High Frequency Words
High-Frequency Words: Supporting Fluency and Confidence in Struggling Readers High-frequency (HF) words are an essential component of literacy development. These words often appear frequently in

Cloze Exercises For Literacy Development
The Importance of Cloze Exercises in Literacy Development Cloze Exercises are a powerful tool in literacy education, particularly when working with students who need structured,

Using Structured Reading Sheets
The Importance of Reading Sheets and Practice in Literacy Development Reading fluency and accuracy are the cornerstone skills of literacy, and they form the foundation

Teaching Tracking And Blending
Using The LSK Tracking And Blending Resources Students may initially acquire single phoneme code quite easily but find difficulty in blending phonemes in a timely

A Guide To Teaching Handwriting
How to Use the Literacy Support Kit (LSK) Handrwiting Resources Why Handwriting Is Important Handwriting mastery is crucial for developing kids’ confidence and kinaesthetic memory,

Teaching The Alphabet – Guide
How to Use the Literacy Support Kit (LSK) Alphabet Resources Introducing the alphabet early while explicitly teaching phonemes one by one has multiple purposes and

Free Webinar – Word Cracking Demonstration
Unlock Literacy Success: Replay of the Word Cracker Webinar on new features and Literacy Intervention. We are thrilled to offer you the opportunity to watch

-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