When children are being taught new words they need to learn how to spell the word, the meaning of the word and how morphemes change the word. It is also beneficial for children to recognize the different morpheme patterns.
Here are a few different ways to teach children morphology:
A) Find the Roots: Teach children the meaning of a root word and then ask them to identify the root word in these different words.
1. Thoughtful
2. Encourage
3. Distress
4. Worked
5.Teacher
B) Word Sort: Have students sort the words depending on the affix and then try to define the meaning of the affix based on prior knowledge and pattern.
1. Helpful
2. Government
3. Painful
4. Sleepless
5. Statement
6. Careless
C) Building Blocks: Ask students to build as many words as they can when given multiple root words and multiple affixes.
1. Dear
2. Fold
3. ing
4. er
5. Pick
6. Hold
D) Suffix vs Prefixes: Ask students to identify which are a suffix and which are prefixes.
1. er
2. pre
3. ing
4. s
5. en
Here are a few videos that may help teach children Morphology:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H2Z4p0au1yk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HUtmHT7DOvI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s2auzLzzi_E
Here are a few different ways to teach children morphology:
A) Find the Roots: Teach children the meaning of a root word and then ask them to identify the root word in these different words.
1. Thoughtful
2. Encourage
3. Distress
4. Worked
5.Teacher
B) Word Sort: Have students sort the words depending on the affix and then try to define the meaning of the affix based on prior knowledge and pattern.
1. Helpful
2. Government
3. Painful
4. Sleepless
5. Statement
6. Careless
C) Building Blocks: Ask students to build as many words as they can when given multiple root words and multiple affixes.
1. Dear
2. Fold
3. ing
4. er
5. Pick
6. Hold
D) Suffix vs Prefixes: Ask students to identify which are a suffix and which are prefixes.
1. er
2. pre
3. ing
4. s
5. en
Here are a few videos that may help teach children Morphology:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H2Z4p0au1yk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HUtmHT7DOvI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s2auzLzzi_E