
Scope and Sequence
The creation of the scope and sequence for Bug Club Morphology was guided by current research, particularly the work of Manyak, Baumann, and Manyak (2018) in Morphological Analysis Instruction in the Elementary Grades: Which Morphemes to Teach and How to Teach Them. In addition, we consulted the Principles of Instruction for Morphology provided by Louisa Cook Moats in Speech to Print: Language Essentials for Teachers (Brookes Publishing, 2020). Various provincial curricula was also consulted. To learn more about the research, click here.
Kit A (Grades 2-3)
The chart below provides a basic scope and sequence. To view the full scope and sequence, download it here.
Kit B (Grades 3-4)
The chart below provides a basic scope and sequence. To view the full scope and sequence, download it here.
Card |
Morpheme(s) |
Additional Morpheme(s) |
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A1 |
suffix: -s, -es |
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A2 |
suffix: -ed, -ing |
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A3 |
suffix: -er, -est |
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A4 |
prefix: re- |
-less (suffix; “without”) |
A5 |
root: struct |
de- (prefix; “the opposite of”) |
A6 |
Review & Consolidation |
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A7 |
suffix: -ly |
-al (suffix; changes some nouns to adjectives) |
A8 |
prefix: un-, dis- |
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A9 |
prefix: non-, in- |
-ish (suffix; “like or having the quality of”) |
A10 |
prefix: sub-, super- |
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A11 |
root: rupt |
dis- (prefix; “apart”); e- (prefix; “out”) |
A12 |
Review & Consolidation |
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A13 |
prefix: pre- |
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A14 |
suffix: -er, -or, -ar, -ist |
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A15 |
root: dict/dic |
-ate (suffix; “to act on”) co- (prefix; “together”) contra- (prefix; “against or opposite”) -ion (suffix; “the act or state of”) |
A16 |
prefix: mis–, mal- |
retain the s in both the prefix and root (e.g., misspell) |
A17 |
suffix: -ness |
a- (prefix; “on, in, or into”) inter- (prefix; “among or between”) |
A18 |
Review & Consolidation |
Card |
Morpheme(s) |
Additional Morpheme(s) |
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B1 |
suffix: -ful |
-or (suffix; “one who”) |
B2 |
suffix: -y |
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B3 |
root: act |
ex- (prefix; “thoroughly or out”) pro- (prefix; “before; in front”) un- (prefix; “not”) -ion (suffix; “the result of”) |
B4 |
prefix: micro- |
-ist (suffix; “one who, one who practises”) -logy (suffix; “the study of”) |
B5 |
prefixes: uni-, bi-, du-, tri-, mono-, di-, tri- |
additional numeric prefixes |
B6 |
Review & Consolidation |
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B7 |
prefix: dia- |
-poly (prefix; "many") |
B8 |
root: photo, phon (phone) |
sym- (prefix; “together”) tele- (prefix; “at a distance”) xylo- (prefix; “of wood”) |
B9 |
suffix: -able, -ible |
de- (prefix; “down”) |
B10 |
suffix: -ship |
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B11 |
prefix: multi- |
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B12 |
Review & Consolidation |
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B13 |
root: spect |
-ism (suffix; “the act of or the state of”) |
B14 |
prefix: over-, under- |
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B15 |
suffix: -ion |
over- (prefix; “over, above”) under- (prefix; “under, below”) |
B16 |
root: equ |
mid- (prefix; “the middle part of”) un- (prefix; “not”) |
B17 |
prefix: inter- |
intra- (prefix; “within”) |
B18 |
Review & Consolidation |
Kit C (Grades 4-5)
The chart below provides a basic scope and sequence. To view the full scope and sequence, download it here.
Kit D (Grades 5-6)
The chart below provides a basic scope and sequence. To view the full scope and sequence, download it here.
Card |
Morpheme(s) |
Additional Morpheme(s) |
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C1 |
prefix: per-, pre- |
pre- (prefix; “before”) |
C2 |
prefix: trans- |
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C3 |
suffix: -ous |
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C4 |
suffix: -ial, -ian |
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C5 |
root: circ, en-, semi-, -ular |
en- (prefix; “to put in”) semi- (prefix; “half”) -ular (suffix; “relating to”) |
C6 |
Review & Consolidation |
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C7 |
prefix: com-, -ee, -ity |
-ee (suffix; “a person or group who”) -ity (suffix; “the condition or quality of being”) |
C8 |
suffix: -al, -ic, -ical |
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C9 |
suffix: -ance, -ence, -ant, -ent |
-ant, -ent (suffix; “being; the state or quality of”) |
C10 |
root: scope, micro-, peri-, tele- |
micro- (prefix; “small”) peri- (prefix; “around”) tele- (prefix; “at a distance”) |
C11 |
prefix: ad- |
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C12 |
Review & Consolidation |
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C13 |
prefix: ob-, -ion, -ive |
-ion (suffix; “the result of”) -ive (suffix; “doing” or “being”) |
C14 |
suffix: -ity |
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C15 |
suffix: -ment |
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C16 |
root: hydr, aqua, de-, re- |
de- (prefix; “remove” or “undo”) re- (prefix; “again”) |
C17 |
prefix: ex-, e-, -ian, in- |
e- (prefix; “out”) -ian (suffix; “one who comes from”) in- (prefix; “in”) |
C18 |
Review & Consolidation |
Card |
Morpheme(s) |
Additional Morpheme(s) |
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D1 |
prefix: en- |
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D2 |
suffix: -ary |
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D3 |
root: fract |
-ion (suffix: “the act of; the state of; the result of”) re- (prefix: “again; back”) |
D4 |
prefix: anti- (ant-) |
counter- (prefix: “the opposite of; against”) -ist (suffix: “one who”) |
D5 |
prefix: pro- |
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D6 |
Review & Consolidation |
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D7 |
suffix: -en |
en- (prefix: “to put in; to make or cause to be”) |
D8 |
prefix: bio- |
a- (prefix: “not; without”) auto- (prefix: “oneself; by itself”) sym- (prefix: “with; together”) |
D9 |
suffix: -logy |
-ist (suffix: “one who”) |
D10 |
prefix: con-, com- |
co- (prefix: “together; with”) |
D11 |
root: form |
con- (prefix: “together; with”) de- (prefix: “do the opposite of; undo”) |
D12 |
Review & Consolidation |
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D13 |
suffix: -ize |
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D14 |
root: graph, scribe (script) |
de- (prefix: “down”) |
D15 |
prefix: il-, ir- |
im-, in- (prefixes: “not; the opposite of”) |
D16 |
root: port |
-ation (suffix: “the act or result of”) trans- (prefix: “across”) |
D17 |
root: astro (aster) |
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D18 |
Review & Consolidation |