Hello Morphology™ for Upper Grades: Unit 1 (Weeks 1–6)

Unit 1 of Hello Morphology™ for Upper Grades gives you 6 weeks of 15-minute morphology lessons and 6 nonfiction decodable chapter books, for core word study in grades 4–6 and intervention in grades 7–12.

Many older students can read short words but get stuck on long ones. They guess, skip the word, or lose the meaning. Hello Morphology™ teaches them to take a long word apart, read it, and use the parts to work out what it means. Every week follows the same 4-day routine, and only the word parts change, so students spend their time on the words, not on learning new directions. On Day 3 they read a decodable chapter book full of that week's word parts, on real topics like the 1925 serum run to Nome, polar explorers, bridges, extreme storms and the deep sea. That builds background knowledge too.

Unit 1 covers Suffix Review and Prefix Clusters

• Week 1: -s, -es, -ed, -ing, -er (Sled Dogs)
• Week 2: -less, -ful, -ly, -able, -ible, -est (Fearless Explorers)
• Week 3: -ment, -ish, -ive, -ify, -ty, -en (Building Bridges)
• Week 4: un-, non-, dis-, mis-, a-, an- (Uncommon Creatures)
• Week 5: pre-, post-, re-, fore- (Extreme Storms)
• Week 6: sub-, super-, sur-, under-, de-, hypo-, hyper- (Deep Divers)

Before you buy: This is a digital product of printable PDFs. Printed versions aren't available yet, but you can join the waitlist for them. Hello Morphology™ is for students who can already decode one-syllable words and most vowel patterns, such as students who have finished Hello Phonics® or the Hello Decodables® Yellow or Blue books. The 8 Getting Ready Lessons review syllable types and coding before Week 1. Students who are still learning basic phonics need a phonics program first.

What's included

• 1 Teacher Manual, 105 pages: program overview, 8 Getting Ready Lessons, and day-by-day lessons for Weeks 1–6, with a Quick Start page each week, sample completed pages and answer keys
• 1 Student Journal, 110 pages: Getting Ready pages plus fill-in pages for every day of Weeks 1–6
• 1 Student Word Lists packet, 39 pages: every Unit 1 word list in one file
• 6 nonfiction decodable chapter books, each with a glossary and discussion questions, as black-and-white files you print double-sided and fold into booklets
• 1 set of Teacher Morpheme Cards, 22 pages, with a color card for every new word part
• 1 Morphology Assessments packet: 6 weekly checks (assessments for learning) and 1 Unit Assessment (assessment of learning), with answer keys, scoring guides and a class record sheet
• 1 Reading Assessments packet: 6 weekly Reading Checks on new passages (main idea, text features, cause and effect, sequence and more) and 1 Unit Reading Assessment, with answer keys and rubrics
• 6 weeks of optional comprehension pages: main idea, summarizing, text structure, questions and sentence work
• 1 set of Unit 1 covers and binder spines for the Teacher Manual and Student Journal

How to use it

Teach it whole group as your daily word study block, or in small groups for intervention (Tier 2 or 3). Each lesson takes about 15 minutes. On Day 5, give the 10-point weekly check. Reteach any missed items, and let students retake the same check the next day for a higher score. After Week 6, give the 30-point Unit Assessment. The optional comprehension pages work for direct instruction, centers or homework.

Pairs well with

• Hello Morphology™ Unit 2: Latin Bases (coming soon)
• Hello Phonics®
• Hello Decodables®

You'll download one zip file with all PDFs, organized by week. Licensed for one teacher and one classroom. For teams, schools or districts, email support@helloliteracy.com about multi-user licenses, quotes and purchase orders.