Let’s be real, Niepodam.

Most of us didn’t learn a single thing about morphology in teacher prep.

And when we hear “prefix” or “root word,” we picture something way beyond the reach of our first graders.

But here’s the truth:

— Kids can handle it.
— They need it.
— And it doesn’t have to be hard.

One teacher in our Science of Reading Formula community taught the prefix pre- during a quick, five-minute mini-lesson.

The next day?

One of her students said, “We had to preheat the oven before we put the cookies in.”

That’s morphology in action.
That’s vocabulary that sticks.
And that’s exactly what your students can do, too.

I put together a Morphology Cheat Sheet that gives you a clear, kid-friendly reference for the most common prefixes and suffixes—all in one place.