Would you like to:

• understand how the English spelling system, or orthography, can be taught in so it makes sense to students and teachers, alike? 
• integrate morphemes, the meaningful core of every word, into your reading, spelling and vocabulary instruction? 
• Alternatives to memory and attention demanding practices like sight word spelling, syllable types, and spelling rules? 

In this podcast, Sue Hegland, author of Beneath the Surface of Words, and Liisa Freure, elementary, ESL and special education teacher, and the founder of Fundamental Learning, discuss how our spelling system is complex but very coherent. They explain why many students read well but are weak spellers. You’ll learn why the primary purpose of spelling is to convey meaning. Words aren’t just speech written down but a means of communicating ideas and feelings. 

You learn how to make morphological word families and matrixes, wonder walls for word investigations, and how etymology, the history of words. They show that getting started is as simple as investigating a word, its meaning, relatives and history.

Sue Hegland: Beneath the Surface of Words

Website: Learning About Spelling -Spelling Always Makes Sense

Beneath the Surface of Words - The Book

 Amazon (US)

Kendore Learning (U.S.)

Amazon (Canada)

Select Educational Supplies  (Australia)

Silver Eye (Australia)

 Liisa Freure – Fundamental Learning