Suitable for District & School Admin and Teachers
Overview
As early as Grade 1, teaching morphology can help improve reading, spelling, vocabulary, and comprehension. Importantly, we know that teaching morphology benefits students with Dyslexia. This session expands on advanced phonics instruction to include morphology. It shows how word study can build an understanding of the spelling-meaning connection in words and strengthen word consciousness. Teachers will be provided with practical examples of instructional strategies, including organizational tools (e.g., word bags, word sums, and word matrices). Ready-to-go resources will be shared that can be used across content areas and grade levels.
Kristy Dunn
Doctoral candidate in Special Education and Principal Instructor in the Faculty of Educational Psychology at the University of Alberta
Bio of Kristy Dunn
Kristy Dunn, Ph.D., is a researcher and learning consultant at the University of Alberta, specializing in literacy and reading intervention development for at-risk readers. She has over 15 years of teaching experience in elementary and post-secondary classrooms. Kristy recently developed an early reading intervention for Alberta Education that is being used across Grades 1 to 3 and trains teachers nationwide in structured literacy. She co-authors The Phonic Companion: 120 Lessons for Teachers and is the Senior Series Consultant for Bug Club Morphology with Pearson Education.
