Upwords Language

03/02/2023

I love these!

3-3-23 is coming up. Here's a graphic to get you and your students going on three spellings that mean 3. Be sure to look up "three" in Etymonline.com to learn with your students about metathesis.

Correction: Look up “third” and “thirteen” to learn about metathesis.

11/03/2022

✅ Phonology
✅ Orthography
✅ Morphology
✅ Etymology

11/03/2022

08/23/2022

Welcome to Upwords Language, a boutique Speech and Language Therapy practice specializing in language and reading disorders. I personally find social media an awkward place for discussing sensitive topics like education. There are so many opinions, so many sides, and so much information! I use this page primarily to share interesting resources I have found that align with my views on reading and language intervention. Follow along for some good tips for things you can try at home, red flags to look for and research based practices to promote reading!

07/28/2022

Love this infographic‼️

Why isn’t this information given out to ALL in general education??

Why do parents only find out about the reading process AFTER kids struggle??



It’s not just for kids with ‼️
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ifonlybooks.com

06/08/2022

This is a great article about the importance of handwriting- don’t move to keyboarding so quickly! There is value in manual writing. Enjoy!

Teaching young students how to write by hand before moving on to keyboarding can help improve their reading fluency as well.

05/30/2022

We remember those who served and those who serve our country, preserving freedom, and liberating from tyranny.

Memory's is schwa'd but memorial's pronunciation can serve as a reminder of the spelling.

05/13/2022

https://abc7ny.com/dyslexia-new-york-city-schools-screening-nyc/11840803/?fbclid=IwAR3qh8mA3dewruVqT7kH6kWpFMDX5VDTZImk-oJKvwsGLDI82bDXfFCFGSc

New York City Mayor Eric Adams and Schools Chancellor David Banks are calling it the largest and most comprehensive approach to supporting public school students with the learning disorder.

05/11/2022

04/18/2022

Yes, I am still playing every day.

It’s hard to miss the meteoric rise of the Wordle craze. This game is not only a gift for lexophiles but also for educators. It reminds us that effective phonics and spelling instruction requires carefully designed, explicit teaching combined with volume reading, vocabulary building, and high leve...

04/13/2022

The holiday of Passover is approaching and four is a very significant number on this holiday. Here is a closer look at the etymology of “four”!

When a student asked about forty not being *fourty, we investigated. Some of the etymological relatives were surprising.

What's an etymological relative? Words related by a common root, or etymological ancestor from Latin, Greek, Old English, or other languages.

A few years ago, I realized I was misspelling forty (as fourty) while writing a check. It still cashed. The bank wasn't concerned about the spelling. I have to remind myself of the correct spelling each time I write that word.

What does quarantine have to do with the meaning "four"?

Ternary has three parts, I'm sure you can guess what quaternary has.

Squad and square and square and quarry's connections were unexpected.

Back to four, fourth, fourteen, and forty. Check out this page that shares some history and the many spelling variations for 40 from Old English to Modern English.
https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/is-it-forty-or-fourty

Then there's fortnight and the popular video game Fortnite, which have nothing to do with each other.

So many words to investigate on Etymonline.com

All four number graphics are available at https://toolsfordyslexia.com/shop/