Glossary

Morphology

Morphology is the study of the meaningful parts of words: prefixes, suffixes and base words, such as un-, -ing and help in unhelpful.

It comes later in most sequences and helps with reading longer words, spelling, and vocabulary. Knowing that -ed is one part explains why it is spelled the same in jumped, wanted and played.

Why it matters for the record

Track suffix rules (doubling, dropping e, changing y) as skills; they recur for years.

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Rate each skill as you teach it

Needs support, Developing, Secure. The rating schedules the review and builds the report.

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