How to Teach Morphology in Early Elementary Without Overwhelming Your Students with Sarah Paul

What if the key to better decoding, spelling, and vocabulary was hidden in the very structure of words? In this episode, we're diving deep into how morphology can transform literacy instruction—starting as early as PreK. Our guest, Sarah from Snippets by Sarah, shares how she helps students understand meaningful word parts and why it's never too early to start.

In this episode, we'll talk about:

• How to teach morphology in PreK–3rd grade classrooms.
• Why even young students are ready for prefixes, suffixes, and bases.
• Easy ways to introduce morphemes through word sums and read-alouds.
• The difference between roots, bases, and affixes (and how to explain them to kids).
• How morphology builds a foundation for stronger decoding and spelling skills.

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