Morpheme magic refers to the way in which morphemes, the smallest meaningful units in language, work together to create meaning and play a vital role in language development and comprehension. Morphemes can be divided into two main types: free morphemes and bound morphemes. Free morphemes can stand alone as individual words, such as "cat," "house," or "book." Bound morphemes, on the other hand, cannot stand alone and must be attached to other morphemes to create meaningful words. Examples of bound morphemes include prefixes like "un-" or "re-" and suffixes like "-er" or "-ing." When morphemes are combined, they can create entirely new words with new meanings or modify the meaning of existing words.

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).

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.

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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.

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.

Word Sorts and More

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.

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 Word Mats Link

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.

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

The Latin-Greek Connection

Morphemes for Little Ones

Morhpeme for Littles: Scope and Sequence

Morpheme Magic: Scope and Sequence

Planning Morpheme Magic Across Grade 4-5

William Van Cleave

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" When morphemes are combined, they can create entirely new words with new meanings or modify the meaning of existing words. This process is known as word formation. For example, adding the morpheme "-er" to the word "write" creates the word "writer," which refers to someone who writes.

Similarly, adding the prefix "un-" to the word "happy" results in the word "unhappy," which changes the meaning to the opposite of happy. Morphemes play a crucial role in understanding the meaning of words within a sentence. By analyzing the morphemes present, we can decode the intended meaning behind the words. For example, in the sentence "She is swimming," we can break down the word "swimming" into two morphemes: "swim" (a free morpheme) and "-ing" (a bound morpheme indicating the present participle). This analysis helps us understand that someone is currently in the act of swimming. Morpheme magic is also evident in how morphemes can convey information about tense, number, gender, and other grammatical features. For example, in English, the suffix "-s" can be added to a noun to indicate plurality (e.g., "cats"). Similarly, the suffix "-ed" is added to regular verbs to indicate past tense (e.g., "walked"). Understanding the function and meaning of morphemes is essential for language learners, as it allows them to decipher new words and construct sentences accurately. By recognizing the building blocks of language that morphemes represent, individuals can unlock the magic of language and effectively communicate with others..

Reviews for "The Mystique of Morphemes: Exploring the Intricacies of Language"

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I was really disappointed with "Morpheme Magic". The story felt disjointed and the characters lacked depth. The world-building was confusing and poorly explained, leaving me feeling lost and uninterested in the plot. The writing itself was also lacking, with awkward prose and dialogue that felt forced. Overall, I can't recommend this book to anyone looking for a captivating fantasy read.

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While "Morpheme Magic" had an interesting concept, the execution fell flat. The pacing was inconsistent, with long stretches of mundane details and abrupt jumps in the plot that left me confused. The characters were one-dimensional, and I struggled to connect with any of them. Additionally, the dialogue felt unrealistic and stilted. I had high hopes for this book, but unfortunately, it didn't deliver.

3. Lisa - ★★☆☆☆

I found "Morpheme Magic" to be a dull and uninspiring read. The magic system, which should have been the book's main highlight, was poorly explained and difficult to follow. The characters lacked depth and development, making it hard to care about their struggles. The plot felt predictable and lacked any surprises. Overall, I was left underwhelmed and would not recommend this book to others.

Morphemes Unraveled: Unlocking the Mysteries of Language