Whether you chunk words into syllables or morphemes there is a difference. Being able to recognize smaller meaningful units (morphemes) helps a student apply word analysis strategies and prior knowledge to help with comprehension. Prefixes, suffixes and root words will be used to better understand the difference between a syllable and a morpheme.

Participants will learn that the schwa is more common than we realize. Through the study of our six syllable types, we will focus on the accented syllable and the unaccented syllable.