What is Morphology?
Morphology is a branch of linguistics, and refers to the study of the structure of words. Along with many other languages, English words are made up of letters, sounds, syllables, root words, and affixes. One letter can make a significant difference not only in the meaning of a word, but in its pronunciation. When children […]
What is the Reading Rope?
Are you a passionate educator? Do you love helping kids understand the reading rope? Join our team and become a Braintrust tutor today! Literacy researcher Hollis Scarborough created a metaphor for explaining the complex processes involved in reading. She described reading by comparing it to the “strands of a rope.” This awesome infographic visually shows […]
Components of the Reading Rope: Decoding
Decoding is at the heart of reading. While far from the only necessary skill, it is the skill without which all other reading skills are virtually useless. Decoding simply refers to the process of determining how to say a word based on its sounds. This used to be widely referred to as “sounding it out.” […]
What is the Alphabetic Principle?
Are you a passionate educator? Do you love helping kids understand the alphabetic principle? Join our team and become a Braintrust tutor today! There’s a reason one of the first things students learn in pre-school is the Alphabet song. They need to know letter names and their sounds before they can begin reading words. And […]
What is the Writing Rope?
You’ve likely heard all of the buzz around Hollis Scarborough’s famous “reading rope.” The visual compares the processes involved in successful reading to the strands in a rope. Because reading and writing are so intertwined, it would make sense that in addition to a reading rope, there would be a writing rope, too. The reading […]
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