⁣In "word analysis" or "word study," students break words down into morphemes, their smallest units of meaning. Each morpheme has a meaning that contributes to the whole word. Students' knowledge of morphemes helps them to identify the meaning of words and builds their vocabulary.

⁣Prefixes are letters which we add to the beginning of a word to make a new word with a different meaning. Prefixes can, for example, create a new word opposite in meaning to the word the prefix is attached to. They can also make a word negative or express relations of time, place or manner.

⁣It is the child's ability to act on requests by others. Following instructions requires the child to attend to detail in spoken language, to sequence the information in the appropriate steps and to seek clarification if they have trouble remembering or recalling the information.

⁣Consonant digraphs are two or more consonants that, together, represent one sound. For example, the consonants “p” and “h” form the grapheme ph that can represent the /f/ sound in words such as “nephew” and “phone.”

⁣Word families are groups of words that have a common feature, pattern or meaning. They usually share a common base or root word, to which different prefixes and suffixes are added.

⁣The haiku is a Japanese poetic form that consists of three lines, with five syllables in the first line, seven in the second, and five in the third. The haiku developed from the hokku, the opening three lines of a longer poem known as a tanka. The haiku became a separate form of poetry in the 17th century.

⁣What is argumentative writing? In argumentative writing, you are typically asked to take a position on an issue or topic and explain and support your position with research from reliable and credible sources.

⁣SKIMMING & SCANNING. Skimming and scanning are reading techniques that use rapid eye movement and keywords to move quickly through text for slightly different purposes. Skimming is reading rapidly in order to get a general overview of the material. Scanning is reading rapidly in order to find specific facts.

Point of view is the writer's way of deciding who is telling the story to whom. Establishing a clear point of view is important because it dictates how your reader interprets characters, events, and other important details. There are three kinds of point of view: first person, second person, and third person.

⁣Context clues are hints found within a sentence, paragraph, or p****age that a reader can use to understand the meanings of new or unfamiliar words.

⁣Sight words are common words that kids recognize instantly without sounding them out. Recognizing words by sight helps kids become faster, more fluent readers. Many sight words are tricky to read and spell — they aren't spelled the way they sound.

⁣There was an Old Man with a beard, Who said, 'It is just as I feared! Two Owls and a Hen, Four Larks and a Wren, Have all built their nests in my beard!

⁣Britannica Dictionary definition of THEME. [count] 1. : the main subject that is being discussed or described in a piece of writing, a movie, etc. The quest for power is the underlying theme of the film.

⁣The three main verb tenses are the past, present, and future, but there are also four grammatical aspects: simple, continuous, perfect, and perfect continuous.

⁣Possessive pronouns are pronouns that are used to indicate the ownership (possession) of something or someone by something or someone else. The English possessive pronouns are mine, ours, yours, his, hers, theirs, and whose.

⁣There are different types of nouns like common nouns, proper nouns, abstract nouns, collective nouns, concrete nouns and so on.

⁣They all describe an action or state of being that is ongoing or continuous. Present Continuous is used to talk about things that are happening now, Past Continuous is used to talk about things that were happening in the past, and Future Continuous is used to talk about things that will be happening in the future

⁣An exclamation mark, also known as the exclamation point, is a punctuation sign that is used to indicate strong emotions and feelings. It is used in exclamatory sentences and with interjections.

⁣a punctuation mark (,) indicating a pause between parts of a sentence or separating items in a list.

⁣Inverted commas are used to show where direct speech or a quotation begins and ends in a sentence. There are single and double quotation marks which are printed as' ' or “ ”. Sometimes, inverted commasare used to define the play, song or book that's being spoken about.