Multisyllabic Words
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Morphology Instruction Lesson Planning Template
A step-by-step planning template to help students look within words for morpheme clues, connect related words, and develop word knowledge....
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Routine for Writing Big Words
A step-by-step routine for writing multisyllabic words by aligning sounds and spellings across the whole word.
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How to Help Struggling Readers: 6 Strategies That Make a Difference
Explore research-informed ways to support readers in grades 3–5 who have literacy gaps, while keeping meaningful, grade-level learning within reach.
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Blending Magic
Animated blending lines that make decoding practice meaningful, a ready-to-project classroom tool.
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Bricks & Mortar: Filling Literacy Gaps 3–5+
Grades 3–5+ teachers, interventionists, specialists, and teams supporting unfinished foundations.
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Multi-Year Plan for Systematic Morphology Instruction
A suggested scope and sequence for intentional morphology instruction across the upper elementary grades. An example pathway to systematically teach...
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BIGGER Kids Need BIGGER Words: Accelerating Decoding Skills With Multisyllabic Words
Use bigger words to revisit foundational spelling patterns with older readers, connecting multisyllabic word reading and spelling with the learning...
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Making Phonics and Word Study Meaning-FULL: 10 EASY Ways to Embed More Meaning Into Decoding Instruction
Bring more meaning into phonics and word study with ten practical ways to connect decoding practice to vocabulary, language, and...
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Adjustments to Small-Group Instruction (Part 2):What else is STILL IMPORTANT, and What else NEEDS RECONSIDERING?
Continue reconsidering small-group instruction for early decoders, with further adjustments that bring familiar practices into closer alignment with how children...
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Adjustments to Small-Group Instruction (Part 1): What’s STILL IMPORTANT and What NEEDS RECONSIDERING?
Consider what to keep and what to reconsider in small-group instruction, with five adjustments to better support students who are...
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Looking for a bit of ✨magic✨in your sight word instruction? Start here!
Explore the thinking behind effective high-frequency word instruction and how connecting sounds and spellings helps make words stick.
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Shifting the Balance: Developing Readers
Grades 3–5 teachers, coaches, and teams strengthening upper-elementary reading.
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Helping Children Remodel Their Brains for Reading
Explore how learning to read builds on existing brain systems, and consider the role of instruction in helping children connect...
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Explore classroom tools and professional learning designed to support multisyllabic word instruction.
Bricks & Mortar: Filling Literacy Gaps 3–5+
Grades 3–5+ teachers, interventionists, specialists, and teams supporting unfinished foundations.
Explore the online class →Shifting the Balance: Developing Readers
Grades 3–5 teachers, coaches, and teams strengthening upper-elementary reading.
Explore the online class →The Shift in a Nutshell
In Shifting the Balance (Grades 3–5), Shift 4, “Reclaiming Word-Reading Instruction in the Intermediate Grades,” names a common practice to reconsider: “We aren’t intentional enough in assessing and teaching word-recognition skills.” The shift it recommends: