WORKSHOPS

New Workshop:

July 06, 2026

Introducing Morphology to

Students: K to 3

This workshop will equip educators with creative and engaging hands-on strategies to help younger students notice how words are built from morphological elements.

In this workshop you will:

Explore how to help students identify the morphology structure of words using hands-on-learning.
Discover how to use art projects to help students notice word structure and build words.
Develop skills to use guided discovery and games to make the structure of words visible to help students with reading, writing and making sense of words.

Date: July 06, 2026

Time: 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. Eastern

Cost: $45 USD

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Workshop Information

Research demonstrates that dyslexic students process and retain information more effectively when learning engages their superior visual and narrative strengths. Join Marie Foley in learning how to teach students to read, spell and write by combining Structured Word Inquiry and visual narrative reasoning. Educators will gain a unique perspective on literacy instruction as Marie, like many of her students, is dyslexic and has ADHD (combined type). Marie’s workshops explore practical strategies to activate the reasoning strengths of dyslexic learners and help students acquire literacy skills by providing them with access to the underlying logic of English. Building an accurate understanding of how English works is the key to helping dyslexic students read, spell and succeed.

Please let us know if the workshop dates and times don’t work for you by filling out our workshop availability form . Alternative workshop dates can be arranged as long as there is a minimum of 6 people registered.

INTEGRATING MORPHOLOGY INTO LITERACY INSTRUCTION

Using visual narrative and structured word inquiry to help students make sense of English.

The three-part workshop series provides an in-depth opportunity to learn about the benefits of morphology and how it improves literacy instruction. Through hands-on, experiential learning, participants will practice creating visuals that explain a range of orthographic concepts. Customized feedback will be provided on all assigned projects. Upon completion, participants will have developed the skills to design visually engaging lessons that help students access a deeper understanding of the writing system.

In this workshop series, participants will learn to:

Create visuals to explain the morphological structure of English and demonstrate how a word’s journey into English influences its spelling.
Discover how to use visuals to help students make sense of silent letters, vowel reduction and assimilated prefixes.
Explore how to design visuals to help students make sense of words that are frequently described as having irregular spelling patterns.
Explain suffixing conventions using visuals to promote understanding and help students store and apply this information as needed.
Learn how to redesign exisiting classroom material to ensure the information is accessible for all learners.