Shannon and Mary host a returning guest to the Reading Teachers Lounge @MindfulTeacherRachel, who you heard in Season 5 on the Schwa episode. In this episode, Shannon, Mary, and Rachel talk about English word histories and how they may inform how a word is spelled. Check out this discussion to get ideas for how to share word origin stories with your reading students and help students see how important morphology is in addition to sound symbol connections. RESOURCES MENTIONED DURING THE EPISODE Online Etymology Dictionary When is an O a Scribal O? Literacy Nest resource for Scribal O Scribal O video Latin Connective I Word Smarts: Van Cleave Vocabulary Connecting Vowels Historical Layers of English: Reading Rockets IG Post from Laura.Loves.Teaching: English Language Layer Cake Scribal O slides by Laura Watkins Real Spelling Toolbox Sounds & Syllables (Jason Wade) on Twitter Word Origins by John Ayto *Amazon affiliate link Once Upon a Word by Jess Zafarris *Amazon affiliate link Beneath the Surface of Words by Sue Scibetta Hegland *Amazon affiliate link And Sometimes Y by Rachel *Amazon affiliate link Short Vowel Protectors by Rachel *Amazon affiliate link Science of Reading book list (compiled by Rachel and others) Contact Rachel on Twitter @TeachRachelSOR contact Rachel on IG @MindfulTeacherRachel contact Rachel on TikTok @TeacherRachelSORSEL our SCHWA episode with Rachel from last season Support the show Get Literacy Support through our Patreon Bonus Episodes access through your podcast app Bonus episodes access through Patreon Buy us a coffee Get a FREE Green Chef box using our link
