tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1355643440964865816.post2045080536443522024..comments2024-03-26T19:18:46.162+00:00Comments on The Spelling Blog: Spelling long words (2) - Prefixes (1)Johannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16298865019130446615noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1355643440964865816.post-58248035712261171822012-04-01T05:33:11.600+01:002012-04-01T05:33:11.600+01:00Johanna, do you think of op as a prefix, or perhap...Johanna, do you think of op as a prefix, or perhaps a very old one, as in op/position, op/portunity, op/ponent?Megan_Mnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1355643440964865816.post-41407127900676549102012-03-24T16:37:07.699+00:002012-03-24T16:37:07.699+00:00that's very helpful for improving our English ...that's very helpful for improving our English languageDina Mahmoudhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06693308265098779917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1355643440964865816.post-71313315903944908612012-03-23T12:25:29.120+00:002012-03-23T12:25:29.120+00:00Struggling readers are often relying on sounds so ...Struggling readers are often relying on sounds so if they look at 'away' they first see 'aw' and are trying to make it make sense. Same with again. They are running through 'ag'or 'aj' kinds of sounds and since vowels present so much difficulty who knows what else? But I've noticed when I cover the a and get them to look at the base, that starts with a consonant, it is much easier to read, then we put the a back on the front.<br /><br />If we were chopping the word up (which we do on paper or cardboard) to chunk it, the first cut would be between the 'a' and 'way'.Megan_Mnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1355643440964865816.post-52379535700884494412012-03-23T10:01:37.251+00:002012-03-23T10:01:37.251+00:00That's really interesting, what you say about ...That's really interesting, what you say about children reading words beginning with prefix 'a'. Any idea why, Megan?Johannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16298865019130446615noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1355643440964865816.post-54152685249947742782012-03-23T09:24:41.612+00:002012-03-23T09:24:41.612+00:00Johanna, I hadn't quite realised this about pr...Johanna, I hadn't quite realised this about prefixes so thanks. It helps a lot. I'm interested in the 'a' prefix eg alive, away, again. It never comes up but knowing about it really helps with reading. (Put your finger over the a and students have a much better chance of working the word out.) Knowing this one also helps with accross/across. I made my students photograph cross sections of fruit and veg last week so I could labour this point - oh it had some link to maths as well. btw their photos look wonderful and one student photographed bamboo under a microscope so it links to science as well. If anyone writes accross I will drag them out to the board!<br /><br />I do know that it is in adding suffixes, especially aroung the letter y and any doubling rules that young children come unstuck.<br /><br />For the same reason as your prefix observation I also labour the suffix 'ly'. For one thing I like to draw attention to adverbs but also you can't misspell 'really' if you know it is real+ly or get any of the fully words wrong as you know it is ful (which means full of) + ly.Megan_Mnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1355643440964865816.post-16230157958633092052009-04-20T22:01:00.000+01:002009-04-20T22:01:00.000+01:00Ah, good point, John. Thanks.Ah, good point, John. Thanks.Johannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16298865019130446615noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1355643440964865816.post-82704417689609411782009-04-20T21:12:00.000+01:002009-04-20T21:12:00.000+01:00This is one of those words where Americans have a ...This is one of those words where Americans have a spelling advantage, because we articulate all five original syllables; at least the rhotic majority do.John Cowanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11452247999156925669noreply@blogger.com