tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7115493794020921973.post4673889945008013636..comments2024-03-18T22:46:49.398-07:00Comments on Vocabulogic: The Morph in Morphology: How Form Facilitates Meaning (Bellomo)Susan M. Ebbershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08407326546315049925noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7115493794020921973.post-56827525644692441552010-11-02T04:53:52.550-07:002010-11-02T04:53:52.550-07:00Thanks, Pete, for your explication regarding "...Thanks, Pete, for your explication regarding "word sums" and for the link you furnished. I copied the link address and pasted it in an email to my grad cohort; many of them teach in the k - 6 environment. Timely response, thank you!Tom Bellomonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7115493794020921973.post-78449402944005717752010-10-31T11:59:08.419-07:002010-10-31T11:59:08.419-07:00Good morning, Pete. I agree with you; the word sum...Good morning, Pete. I agree with you; the word sum is a useful tool for deconstructing morphologically complex words. I think it could help with transfer of learning, too: In primary grades, students learn to write a number in expanded notation in math class and, similarly, with the word sum operation, they learn to write a complex word in a form of expanded notation. Thus, perhaps we are Susan M. Ebbershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08407326546315049925noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7115493794020921973.post-80740248052907475312010-10-31T08:24:47.803-07:002010-10-31T08:24:47.803-07:00Thanks to Tom Bellomo for this post and Susan for ...Thanks to Tom Bellomo for this post and Susan for providing the forum for it to be posted! I'm always pleased to see instruction which targets learning how to identify the meaning cues marked by the consistent spelling of morphemes within complex words despite pronunciation shifts. The quote from Venezky is one of my favourites! He effectively points to the order of English spelling when the Pete Bowershttp://www.wordworkskingston.comnoreply@blogger.com