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Phonological analysis: a journey of accuracy!  From my experience young children love to express their ideas and thoughts in the written form... ...just like this student: who loves to write; is confident using the writing process; rereads her written thoughts with clarity and understanding and is willing to share her thoughts in the written form...BUT   ...when first analysing these pieces of writing, and other examples, you might ascertain that this child has some learning issues...However, I wonder if this student's misspellings and inaccurately formed letters could be a misunderstanding of how the English system works?  Is this student doing exactly what she has been taught to do?                        It's our responsibility as educators to ensure we teach  accurate information about how the English spelling system works so learners can make informed and meaningful spelling choices. This child's spell...

The primary function of English spelling is to represent MEANING .   Implementing orthography,  through scientific inquiry,  in the early years.  As I continue on my learning journey, and work with young children in a variety of learning settings, it is consistently validated  that teaching morphology to the youngest is not only essential but critical to their success as proficient language users.   As we know and understand from research, morphology is the building block, the solid foundation, for understanding how the English spelling system works. It provides a meaningful structure for teaching and learning phonology in an effective and authentic way. In this post, I would like to share a wonderful learning story of a group of young children who are currently embarking on a journey of orthographic understanding. This structured word inquiry was explicitly embedded in an authentic literacy learning experience, integratin...

  Morphology , Etymology , Phonology Although this lesson is focused on developing phonological understanding;  as with all word building, morphology must provide the structural framework for any phonological learning. The focal point of the phonological learning continues to be based on meaning: the structure of words; how words are related in meaning and then finally the sounds that make sense to the spelling . Understanding how English phonemes can be  represented by different  graphemes. This phonological learning journey started with the phoneme / f / .  Our inquiry initially focused on investigating the three different graphemes  that represent /f / in spelling. the single letter grapheme <f> the digraph <ph> the trigraph <ugh> Setting the Scene: Where are we Headed? This lesson began with a review of the meaning of the slash brackets / / and the angle < > brackets.  ( I have regularly introduced these brackets to young ...