
Discipline: Literacy
Copyright: 2024
Grade(s): 3-6
Delivery Method: Print & Digital
Imprint: Pearson Canada
Bug Club Morphology
Empower readers and writers through word structure, vocabulary, and spelling instruction.
Morphological awareness empowers students as both readers and writers. When the teaching of morphology is explicit, students significantly increase their vocabulary and better understand both the structure and spelling of words. They further develop their abilities in both word recognition and reading comprehension.


How does Bug Club Morphology support learning?
The lessons in Bug Club Morphology bring together many aspects of literacy learning, including oral language, vocabulary development, word study (spelling, structural analysis, parts of speech), reading, and writing. All these aspects of language work together and depend on one another.
Word Study
Lesson includes activities for exploring spelling patterns, analyzing the structure of words, sorting words, applying phonics knowledge, and discussing parts of speech.
Writing
Lessons provide many opportunities for students to practice writing in various forms, often using the reading passages as mentor texts.
Vocabulary Development
Reading new vocabulary in the context of engaging reading passages will ground students’ understanding and help them make connections to broader concepts.
Oral Language
Lessons have been designed to ensure students can make predictions, articulate their thinking, construct meaning, and connect to prior learning through talk.
Text Types and Forms
Reading passages expose students to a variety of information text forms such as interviews, biography, procedural text, advertisements, and digital text forms.
Content Area Learning
By analyzing morphemes and learning their meanings, students become more confident and proficient in approaching unknown words in content area learning.