Explicitly teach your 3rd, 4th, 5th grade upper elementary & middle school readers HOW TO decode multisyllabic words with confidence using this highly effective and engaging science of reading intervention.

Close the success gap!

Many older readers still struggle to decode multisyllabic words - hindering fluency and comprehension. Your struggling upper-grade readers will build CONFIDENCE, SKILL, EXCITEMENT and PRIDE as they experience success with gigantic words.

★ Highly motivating for readers who have previously struggled.

★ Builds advanced reading level skills.

★ Especially helpful for dyslexic and other readers who struggle to process multiple segments in words.

TEACHERS REPORT:

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ My students were absolutely engaged and didn't want to stop when the lesson was over for the day! - Kathy R.

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ My students loved this activity! It was low maintenance to prep for and so easy to use. - Jane C.

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Awesome resource. My students understood the basics of decoding multisyllabic words afterwards. - Elizabeth C.

HOW TO USE

These best-selling GUIDED LESSONS take you and your students step-by-step through this proven morpheme-based strategy for decoding multisyllabic words.

Model and discuss as you walk your students through the mini-lesson presentations. Readers use the STUDENT WORKBOOK and their OWN DRY ERASE BOARDS. Students visualize and highlight parts of large words using circling, underlining, or highlighting.

INCLUDED

GUIDED LESSONS

•43-page STUDENT BOOKLET with guided practice pages

•TEACHER NOTES and SCRIPT to accompany the student booklet

REFERENCE MATERIALS

Reference materials are included for your use.

•Lists of 1000+ multisyllabic words, organized by syllable length and by word part

•Lists of 472 morphemes used to build multisyllabic words (affixes, roots and small words)

PLUS:

• COLLECTING WORDS ACTIVITIES

• INTERVENTION BINDER - print & digital.

• POWERPOINT SLIDESHOW / PDF

COMPANION RESOURCES AVAILABLE - more in-depth study of word parts:

DECODING MULTISYLLABIC WORDS MORPHEME WORD PARTS SCIENCE OF READING INTERVENTION

EXPLORE-A-WORD DECODING MULTISYLLABIC WORDS - GUIDED PRACTICE BUNDLE

THE RESEARCH

✔️ Science of Reading research (Ehri, Kilpatrick) shows that orthographically mapping word parts (morpheme chunks) helps consolidate the parts of words into memory so they can be read by sight, with automaticity. Readers are then able to segment and decode multisyllabic words easily. This is the most advanced stage of decoding - the grapho-morphemic stage.

✔️ This grapho-morphemic strategy teaches readers to spot & say the morphemes: prefixes, suffixes, roots and small base words in multisyllabic words, making reading gigantic words accessible to all! When readers are able to spot affixes, roots, and small words they automatically know, they don’t have to rely on sounding out long words letter-by-letter. This can be especially helpful for dyslexic readers.

★USE FOR★

•SMALL GROUPS

•INDIVIDUALS/TUTORING

•RTI INTERVENTION

•WHOLE GROUP

•SUMMER SCHOOL

•AT-HOME LEARNING

•VIRTUAL OR IN-PERSON

★DESIGNED FOR READERS WHO★

• struggle to sequence the multiple letters in long words

• strugge to recognize or pronounce word parts in long words (prefixes, suffixes)

• are not sure where to begin to tackle a gigantic word

• struggle to successfully read content-area text that is at their decoding frustration level

• struggle to successfully read fiction they would otherwise enjoy - because of the decoding challenges

• are struggling to master rule-based decoding

• may be losing confidence

• will benefit from additional decoding support.

★RECOMMENDED FOR★

READING LEVEL: 2.0+

•This program is most useful for readers of any age who have achieved approximately second grade reading level or above.

•These readers have mastered many high frequency words, but may not have completely mastered beginning phonics.

•The lower the reading level, the more scaffolding and support will be required.

GRADE LEVEL: GRADES 3-12+

Designed for struggling decoders in grades 3, 4, 5. The strategy is effective for grades 6-12 and adults.

WHOLE-CLASS INSTRUCTION: 3rd and 4th GRADE

This program is valuable for many on-grade-level readers in 3rd and 4th grade, as they begin to encounter many multisyllabic words in their reading.

Multisyllabic word study is

•helpful for many third grade readers,

•crucial for fourth grade through middle school readers,

•beneficial for struggling secondary decoders and

•may be adapted for selected second or

•advanced first grade readers.

☛PLEASE NOTE:

This is a DECODING activity, with emphasis on readers’ ability to decode longer, multisyllabic words encountered as their reading levels progress. Study of Word Part MEANINGS is a separate vocabulary skill and is NOT covered by this activity.

☛PLEASE NOTE:

Words are NOT DIVIDED USING TRADITIONAL SYLLABICATION RULES!

This program DOES NOT use SYLLABICATION RULES to decode multisyllabic words. Rather, because multisyllabic words are made from morphemes (prefixes, suffixes, roots and base words) it employs a STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS approach, using morphemes to decoding multisyllabic words.

★COMMON CORE STANDARDS★

♦DECODE MULTISYLLABIC WORDS♦ CCSS 3.3b, 3.3c, 4.3a, 5.3a

★TEKS STANDARDS★

Demonstrate and apply phonetic knowledge by DECODING WORDS using knowledge of PREFIXES and SUFFIXES: 3.b.2.A (v) (vi), 4.b.2.A (iv) (v), 5.b.2.A (iv)

© Laura Hurley Reading by Heart

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