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Multi-Year Plan for Systemic Morphology Instruction

Beginning: K-2
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Looking for a way to ensure that your vocabulary instruction builds across grades instead of starting over each year? This planning tool supports you in creating a cohesive, layered approach to morphology instruction—anchored in research and designed for real classrooms.

This simple yet powerful download provides a flexible outline of how morphology concepts might unfold across a multi-year span—helping you move beyond isolated word parts and into connected, purposeful instruction.

What’s Inside?

► A multi-grade teaching plan for introducing and deepening morphology instruction

► Ready-to-use scope and sequence designed to boost word recognition and understanding

► Printable format for planning, team collaboration, or district-wide alignment

A strong companion to Chapter 4 of Shifting the Balance, Grades 3–5.

Click below to download and begin building a stronger foundation for word learning—year after year.

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