Geography

Geography is a subject that we use almost every day of our lives.  Whenever we plan a holiday or even think about how to get to a new place in our town, we are using geography.  Whenever we look for a weather report, we are using geography.  Whenever we look at the landscape around us: trees, rivers, mountains, cities, we are using geography.  We often use words without knowing what they really mean.  This week we are looking at the word Geography and the meaning of the different morphemes in it.

As children develop an awareness of words and the units of meaning within words, it is good to give them then chance to explore related words and their literal or metaphorical meanings.

If you wish to try this out with your class, you can use this information sheet. 

You can use this in conjunction with the independent group work programme, Pick and Mix, or you may wish to work through the accompanying sheet with your whole class.

Working this way, not only links meaning to spelling patterns, but it also helps readers to understand words that are new to them.