Morphology demonstration: Adding -ed suffix to a silent e word

Overview

Literacy specialist Elaine Stanley demonstrates how to teach a morphology lesson for adding the -ed suffix to a silent e (split digraph) word.

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Resources mentioned in the video

Morphology lesson slides: -ed suffix plus split digraph words [2:38]

Morphology lesson student worksheet: -ed suffix plus split digraph words [2:56]

Who is this video for?

Foundation to Year 2 teachers; school leaders

What will you learn?

How to teach a morphology lesson using explicit instruction.

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Phonics professional learning: Morphology instruction and SSP

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Morphology lesson slides: -ed suffix plus split digraph words

This sample slideshow presents a ready-to-use morphology lesson to teach the -ed suffix for split digraph (silent e) words, with teacher notes indicating how to teach each part of the lesson.

Morphology lesson student worksheet: -ed suffix plus split digraph words

This worksheet for independent student practice accompanies the morphology lesson slides for the suffix -ed plus split digraph words.

Morphology review slides

This example morphology review slide pack is ready for classroom use. It can be edited to match any morphology lesson and aligns with the Literacy Hub phonics progression.