Teaching students to find and spell the morphemes, or meaningful parts, of long words can help students to read those words.

The following resources are intended for instructors and tutors working with elementary students in Grades 3-5 who are experiencing difficulties reading long words. Unit 1 includes five lessons that focus on teaching suffixes and using the peel-off strategy to pronounce and spell multimorphemic words.

Lesson 2. In the second lesson, the teacher will introduce the meanings of the suffixes -ive and -en and demonstrate how to use the peel-off strategy to break orally stated words into parts. Next, students will practice using the peel-off strategy to read multimorphemic words with the suffixes -ive and -en. Then, students will build words with the target suffixes. Finally, students will spell multimorphemic words with the –ive and -en suffixes. After the lesson activities are completed, the teacher will assess students’ ability to read and spell multimorphemic words in a list before reading a connected text that contains the same words. After the lesson activities are completed, the teacher will assess students’ ability to read and spell multimorphemic words in a list before reading a connected text that contains the same words.

Handwriting practice and development can be fun! With this downloadable resource from TRRC Project Collaborator Dr. Pamela Bazis and the accompanying video of instructions below, you can encourage and support students as they practice their narrative writing using a beginning, middle, and end sentence structure.

Use the key on the left to navigate through each Writing Mat released.
Access Mat 1 (Beginner): Sentence Writing Mat
Access Mat 2a (Beginner) & 2b (Intermediate), Narrative Writing

Classroom educators and families know their students with dyslexia need support and know the challenges of trying to find reputable resources for this support.

Fortunately, we have gathered some information to help!

The two downloadable infographics, created by TRRC Faculty Fellow, Dr. Alexis Boucher, offer a description of the reading disability and some trustworthy sources of materials and other information.

Teaching students to find and spell the morphemes, or meaningful parts, of long words can help students to read those words.

The following resources are intended for instructors and tutors working with elementary students in Grades 3-5 who are experiencing difficulties reading long words. Unit 1 includes five lessons that focus on teaching suffixes and using the peel off strategy to pronounce and spell multimorphemic words.

Lesson 1. In the first lesson, the teacher will introduce the meanings of the suffixes -ity and -ful and demonstrate how to use the peel off strategy to break orally stated words into parts. Next, students will practice using the peel off strategy to read multimorphemic words with the suffixes -ity and –ful. Then, students will build words with the target suffixes. Finally, students will spell multimorphemic words with the –ity and -ful suffixes. After the lesson activities are completed, the teacher will assess students’ ability to read and spell multimorphemic words in a list before reading a connected text that contains the same words.

Handwriting practice and development can be fun! With this downloadable resource from TRRC Project Collaborator Dr. Pamela Bazis and the accompanying video of instructions below, you can encourage and support students as they practice their narrative writing using a beginning, middle, and end sentence structure.

Use the key on the left to navigate through each Writing Mat released.
To access Mat 1 (Beginner): Sentence Writing Mat, click here.

K-3rd educators, looking for ways to assist students in language development? We have a Theory of Mind (ToM) resource for you.

With practical classroom application to help your students, ToM, or understanding how others think and feel is a developmental milestone for students. This sets students up for academic and social success!

This resource coincides with the family ToM resource we released in August, and both were written by TRRC faculty affiliate, Dr. Kristen Secora.

Download today:

Handwriting practice and development can be fun! With this downloadable resource from TRRC Project Collaborator Dr. Pamela Bazis and accompanying video of instructions, you can encourage and support students as they practice their writing.

Use the key on the left to navigate through each Writing Mat released.
To access Mat 2a (Beginner) & 2b Intermediate), click here.