In this episode, I share how you can create a plan to support your students and prevent cognitive overload by aligning your morphology instruction with your students' phonics knowledge.

In this episode, I discuss how Spelling Success in Action 1 can help you teach morphology in your classroom.

To teach well, it is necessary to organise learning so experiences respond to the way human memory works. This is explained in the 4 pillars of learning. In this episode, I unpack the 4 pillars of learning and share how we can use them to guide...

Learn about how to simply assess students' morphology knowledge. 

The research is clear; we don't process words as global shapes but through phoneme-grapheme correspondence. In this episode, I explain the origin of some irregular high-frequency words. 

Homophones are words that are said the same way but have different meanings, and for a long time, we were told this was another part of the English language that just had to be memorised. In this episode, I discuss how to use morphology and ety...

We grew up being told English was too difficult to learn, so it needed to be memorised. In this episode, I discuss key spelling generalisations we need to understand.

In this episode, I discuss why Spelling Success in Action 1 uses an explicit gradual release of responsibility model for morphology instruction.

Language isn't just something to study in a classroom. It is used and enjoyed. In this episode, I discuss how your own enthusiasm can help your students engage with language*-+-+

In this episode, I discuss the varied opinions about when we should start to include morphology in our literacy instruction and what I think is the best way to proceed.

Etymology is the study of word origins. English has been developing for approximately 1000 years, and as England was invaded, the invaders brought their languages with them, adding layers to what we know as English over time. In this episode, I...

I explain what morphology actually is. 

In this episode, I share a brief overview of my new book Spelling Success in Action 1 and how you can use it in your literacy instruction to help your students succeed.