A recent blog post by Tim Shanahan titled “What should morphology instruction look like?” reminded me how important it is to teach students about word parts (i.e., roots, prefixes, suffixes) as a useful tool for determining the meaning of unfamiliar words and growing academic vocabularies.
Attend the Plain Talk Conference in New Orleans in February, 2019 and hear Joan Sedita present workshops about comprehension and writing instruction. This is one of the best national literacy conferences!
