Morph Mastery is an intervention for learners aged 9 – 13 with spelling, reading and vocabulary difficulties. It’s research & evidence based and adopts methodology suitable for learners with dyslexia and specific learning difficulties: it’s highly structured, cumulative, multi-sensory and personalised. It can be delivered by a teacher or an experienced teaching assistant, as long as it is overseen by a teacher/SENCO. It’s also a lot of fun and very well received by both learners and adults. You’ll need allocated time to do the practical tasks between sessions - some of this will be reading/planning and some will be with your learner - approx 1-2 hours between sessions

Any participant attending the course can buy the book at a 20% reduced price, details will be sent to you once you have booked your place . Target Audience SENCOs, specialist teachers, English teachers, class teachers, teachers of students with EAL, teaching assistantsPractical activities to consolidate your learning and films of lessons to see examples of how it is taught I like it – it ’s fun and enjoyable. I like the games especially the card games. I am better at spelling.” Learners have fun with “word agility” games and “word mastery” investigations of words, as well as other interactive activities in three 30 minute lessons each week. The Reading Framework recommends systematic synthetic phonics (SSP) in the early teaching of reading. SSP is based on phonology, the system of language by which words are made up of units of sound. Access to a copy of the book: Morph Mastery - A Morphological Intervention for Reading, Spelling and Vocabulary ( delegates will be offered a 20% discount)

It is useful but not essential to have a copy of the book for the workshop. Delegates will be able to buy the book at the discounted price after signing up. EligibilityMy concern with our current approach is that schools feel their hands are tied, and that this is to the detriment of our pupils’ learning. Many of the SSP “catch up” programmes move too fast for learners with persistent and significant difficulties. Perhaps most importantly, the Reading Framework recommends that good intervention for learners with SEND “take(s) full account of the child’s individual strengths, weaknesses, knowledge and understanding, and profile of needs”. This is the heart of the paradox. In the drive for more systematic synthetic phonics to teach reading, I am hearing first hand that schools feel less able to consider the child’s full learning profile. In spite of advice and experience from professionals who are paid to understand this better, they feel tied to SSP intervention forever. At first I was a bit frightened of using such a new approach, but now I really enjoy it. I am learning as well! We use the dictionary more, in looking things up, and thinking about what things mean.”

I really like the games. I’ve learnt new things about words. It’s helped me learn spelling rules. My writing is better and I can do more in class.individual reading profiles were considered and assessment “built up a complete picture of their barriers to reading”.

It was great to be able to see videos of the assessments and games in action. This helps me understand how they should go. An overview of the materials in Morph Mastery: the assessments, strategies, resources, games and planning documentsElectronic copies of the handouts will be provided but delegates will be responsible for printing off their own copies as this event is online. Joining Instructions Explore what morphology is, how it can be used in teaching reading, spelling and vocabulary and learn the key terminology