Using Word Lists and Morphology for Smarter Instruction

September 8, 2024

To streamline vocabulary instruction, educators can draw from research-based word lists:

• Coxhead’s Academic Word List for general academic vocabulary.

• Marzano’s clusters to build conceptual connections.

• Fry’s Sight Words and Ogden’s Basic English List for high-frequency foundational terms.

Morphology—understanding roots, prefixes, and suffixes—empowers students to decode unfamiliar words. With a majority of English multisyllabic words based on Latin and Greek, this strategy is a game-changer. Our team’s growing expertise in OG Morphology will be a critical asset moving forward.