The art of storytelling through the tiny plunger magic trick

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The tiny plunger magic trick is a popular and entertaining magic trick that involves a small plunger. This trick has become a favorite among magicians and audiences alike due to its simplicity and visual appeal. The trick begins with the magician holding a small plunger in their hand. The plunger is much smaller than a regular plunger, making it intriguing and adorable to the audience. The magician then proceeds to perform various sleight of hand moves that make the plunger disappear and reappear at will. The plunger may disappear from the magician's hand and reappear in their pocket or even in the hand of a spectator.



Morpheme magic

Teachers and students alike, will become captivated by words as they explore together the world of language and morphology, and build awareness of morphemes, the meaningful parts in words.

Morphological awareness positively impacts students’ literacy skills when taught during intervention (Bowers, et al., 2010).

In some cases, morphological awareness is the sole or strongest predictor for reading and spelling ability (Apel, et al., 2012).

Morphological awareness makes a powerful contribution to word reading abilities (Apel & Diehm, 2014).

Morphological awareness uniquely predicts reading and writing skills even when other linguistic awareness skills are considered (Apel, et al., 2012).

Morphological awareness impacts reading comprehension positively (Nagy, Berninger & Abbot, 2006; Wolter and Dilworth, 2014).

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Morphemes for Little Ones Grades K-3

Bring the magic of language to K-3 classrooms with this book of leveled lessons and accompanying picture cards. Build awareness of words as you create a language rich classroom.

Morpheme Magic Grades 4-12

Engage students in a magical study of words, their meaningful parts, and captivating history. Systematic lessons guide teachers and students on a journey to become “word scientists”

Training

Enroll in workshops designed to strengthen teachers’ understanding of morphological awareness, word study, and how to teach it across the grades.

Morphological Awareness

When magic happens to us, it’s usually unexpected and delightful. Magic is that special unknown that begs to become known and understood. Morphology is magical, and my teaching tools were created to give teachers what they need to bring the magic of language into their classrooms.

Dr. Deb Glaser has a long history of working with students and teachers to improve literacy for all. She is the author of multiple books dear to teachers everywhere, and the online reading course Top 10 Tools.
She has been spreading the important news about morphological awareness for some time now. She created Morpheme Magic: Lessons to Build Morphological Awareness Grades 4-12 and Morphemes for Little Ones: Bringing the Magic of Language into K-3 Classrooms in response to the many teachers who have shared with her that they know morphological awareness is important but are not sure how to teach it.
Dr Deb has a passion for helping teachers get it right, gain confidence in their teaching, and enjoy the rich rewards when making a difference in children’s lives.
Enjoy these resources. May they bring the magic of words into your classrooms.

Morpheme Magic: Lessons to Build Morphological Awareness for Grades 4-12 and accompanying Morpheme Magic Wall Cards

Morpheme Magic will open up a world of anticipation and delight for teachers and their students as they discover the magic of morphemes together. Grades 4-12.

Most teachers have a good sense of what morphology is and what morphemes are, but how to teach morphological awareness? Research regularly highlights a strong relationship between the awareness of morphemes and spelling, writing, comprehension, vocabulary knowledge, and reading proficiency. With Morpheme Magic, creating awareness of morphemes is no longer a challenge. These carefully designed lessons apply elements of research on how the reading brain develops a mapping of the visual meaningful parts of words to meaning. The attractive wall cards are full of information with key words and pictures to help students recall the morphemes and make connections to word families that will grow their vocabularies for each morpheme.

To purchase Morpheme Magic please visit: https://morphememagic.com/

* Save 10% by using the discount code “XANEDU” during checkout.

Wall Cards are also available! You can also purchase the Morpheme Magic Wall Cards for $60.00; or a Combo Set (book + wall cards) for $111.00

About the Author

Dr. Glaser is a consultant, author, and teacher educator with expertise in reading assessment and proven instructional methods. Following her teaching career she became director of a non-profit dyslexia learning center where she developed programs to teach teachers and students. She was in an original National LETRS trainer, is a policy advisor to the National Council on Teacher Quality and regularly contributes to the evaluation of university programs that prepare our teachers to teach reading. Dr. Glaser is author and co-author of five books. Her most recent contributions to the field are her online reading course The Reading Teacher’s Top Ten Tools: Instruction that Makes a Difference and Morpheme Magic.

Table of Contents

  • Welcome to Morpheme Magic
  • The Lessons
  • The Morpheme Lexicon
  • Morpheme Magic Wall Cards
  • How to Use Morpheme in the Classroom
  • Ten Additional Morpheme Activities
  • References
  • Suffixes
  • Prefixes
  • Roots
  • Greek Combining Forms
  • More Morpheme Magic

Tier 1/2: Skills (e.g., Spelling, Word Study)

Teaching and Assessing Spelling is a document compiled by the International Literacy Association that provides a comprehensive review of best practices related to spelling instruction.

Bear et al Words Their Way Words their Way o ffers an informal assessment process that enables you to: f ind out what particular orthographic features students know and what they need to study i dentify students’ developmental stage of word knowledge or instructional level g roup students for instruction m onitor students’ growth in word knowledge over time

Word Journeys, and the companion volumes Word Sorts and More, and Mindful of Words, provide an assessment and follow-up activities designed to support targeted instruction in spelling, word and vocabulary knowledge.

Kathy Ganske Kathy Ganske

Word Sorts and More

Kathy Ganske

Kathryn E. S. Grace

Phonics and Spelling Through Phoneme-Grapheme Mapping

This text includes sequential, systematic, and explicit lessons designed to foster orthographic mapping – forming connections between what students hear and what they see in print.

Spelling for Life

Spelling for Life enables teachers and students to:

  • learn what the common spelling coping strategies are
  • gain insights into undoing poor spelling habits
  • work together to reveal patterns not only in regular spelling, but also in words which on the surface seem to break the spelling rules
  • practise successful spelling strategies, progressing from simple to complex words rapidly and with confidence.
Mark Weakland Super Spellers

Super Spellers provides a sample scope and sequence, and includes information about direct instruction in spelling strategies. Some helpful assessment tools, word inventories, and skill building activities are also included.

Florida UF College of Education

Florida UF College of Education Word Mats Link

The UF College of Education provides free apps that support word work instruction. SpellingTemplate.pdf

LEXIA net provides free lesson planning resources for teachers who use phonics-based methods for literacy instruction. Two key resources that can be found on this page are:

  • WordSpring , which is a free comprehensive software word list resource for teachers.
  • Scope & Sequence, which is an important reference textbook .

Additionally, you may find this spelling template helpful when creating your own word study lists in conjunction with the materials provided on the LEXIAnet website.

J.R. Gentry & E. Ouellete Brain Words Gentry Brain Words.pdf G. Ouellette & J.R. Gentry Emerging Research Reveals the Role Brain Words Play in Reading Success Monster Spelling Test.pdf J.R. Gentry Monster Spelling Test Morphology Marcia K. Henry

Focusing on two interlocking skills—decoding and spelling—this textbook gets teachers ready to

  • promote students' print awareness and phonological awareness through letter naming, letter forming, and listening and speaking activities such as poetry and play
  • improve students' spelling skills by teaching the origins of English words, Anglo-Saxon base words, Latin affixes and roots, Greek combining forms, and multisyllabic words

Some helpful links are below:

Word Building and Spelling Experiments

Morphemes Matter - MHenry.pdf article_latin-greek_connection_-_rt_tr_np_jn_en_2011.pdf

The Latin-Greek Connection

Deb Glaser

Morphemes for Little Ones

Deb Glaser Morphemes for Little Ones Skills Sequence copy.pdf

Morhpeme for Littles: Scope and Sequence

Morpheme Magic skills sequence.pdf

Morpheme Magic: Scope and Sequence

Planning Morpheme Magic Across 4-5 grades.pdf

Planning Morpheme Magic Across Grade 4-5

Morphology-Matters-4-1-19.pdf

William Van Cleave

Morphology Matters TRLPA_DIY - Morphology- Dr. Julie Klingerman copy.pdf Dr. Julie Klingerman Morph101_handouts- Dr Julie Klingerman for The Reading League PA copy.pdf Dr. Julie Klingerman GVSD Links

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The plunger may disappear from the magician's hand and reappear in their pocket or even in the hand of a spectator. The magician can also make the plunger appear to stick to various objects or even their own body. This creates a sense of wonder and amazement among the audience, as they try to figure out how the plunger seemingly defies the laws of physics.

Tiny plunger magic trick

The tiny plunger magic trick is not only visually appealing but also has a comedic aspect to it. The small size of the plunger adds a touch of humor to the trick, making it enjoyable for both children and adults. Overall, the tiny plunger magic trick is a simple yet captivating trick that never fails to entertain. Its combination of visual appeal, sleight of hand, and humor make it a popular choice among magicians. So, if you ever come across a magician performing this trick, be sure to keep an eye out for the tiny plunger - it's bound to bring a smile to your face..

Reviews for "The contagious allure of the tiny plunger trick: Why audiences can't get enough"

- Jane - 1 star
I was really disappointed with the "Tiny plunger magic trick". The trick itself was not impressive at all. It was highly predictable and lacked any sense of wonder or amazement. The plunger was just too small to have any impact. I regret wasting my money on this trick and would not recommend it to anyone.
- Mike - 2 stars
I must admit, I was excited to try the "Tiny plunger magic trick" but it fell short of my expectations. The gimmick was too obvious, and the secret behind the trick was easily deduced. Additionally, the plunger felt cheap and poorly made. I expected a more professional and refined product. Overall, I don't think it's worth the investment.
- Sarah - 1 star
The "Tiny plunger magic trick" was a huge letdown. The trick itself was unimpressive, and the plunger was flimsy and easily breakable. It felt like a cheap toy rather than a magic prop. During the performance, the audience quickly figured out the secret and the trick lost all its charm. I would not recommend this trick to any aspiring magician.

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