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Constructing learning using a powerful learning tool,  to engage and empower young children. As with all linguistic learning tools, the flowchart is a powerful learning tool that consolidates and deepens understanding of complex but ordered orthographic processes. In this case they are used to investigate, test and internalise critical suffixing conventions. When I first encountered the orthographic flowcharts I found them to be an inspirational tool to use with young children. They are highly interactive, systematic and challenging.  Initially, I create a 'flowchart puzzle' for the children to collaboratively arrange. This requires the children to explicitly read and understand each element  (the decision questions and the actions) in order  to recreate a flowchart that 'flows' systematically towards an appropriate action. The collaborative discussion and interaction that results from this activity are phenomenal. By manipulating the physical pieces of the flow...

  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 ...