This resource is a hands-on, concrete collection of prefixes, suffixes, and roots. The payoff is so great when you teach children about morphemes—especially with concrete materials! Morphological awareness—the ability to use the smallest meaningful word parts to determine a word's meaning—helps young readers in so many ways. It improves their:· vocabulary· spelling· comprehension· decoding· fluency· language development· phonological awareness· appreciation of part-to-whole relationships. In fac