Sean Morrisey
@smorrisey
Husband, Father, Former School Psychologist, Fifth Grade Teacher Creator of the Word Mapping Project “Linking Sound, Spelling, and Meaning for Word Mastery"
I believe in science. I also believe in easy access to quality literature. This is my classroom library. I prefer to teach in ways that give Ss the best chance to succeed AND I also encourage Ss to read great literature. SOR advocates do both.
1 of the best ways 2 learn is from amazing educators. Excited 2 share my new Substack: Voices from the Field Featuring outstanding educators sharing evidenced-based strategies & their journeys. TY @StamStam193 open.substack.com/pub/elana270/p… @D99Cicero @SoRclassroom @ReadingLeagueIL
♥️it when I find a fellow EBLI educator. Great blog on how practice can evolve over time & the focus is on all student outcomes. Still wondering why we don’t hear more about this type of instruction open.substack.com/pub/scienceofr… @SoRclassroom @SWLiteracy @ReadSimplified @kilbyfirst
I think the left, right, and center would all agree that this post is triggering. Worst post from @effortfuleduktr ever🤮
Well…here we go.
Rant incoming. Just spoke to a high school literacy specialist who in 3 years has built a successful literacy intervention program at her small, rural school (msg me to learn more). What's next for this teacher, you may wonder?
A big thank you to @smorrisey for putting together a fantastic curriculum that seems to have worked really well for his own class. I am excited to bring that program to my own classroom, and hopefully beyond.
I'm working on vocabulary right now. The pair of words I'm working with are contradict and substantiate. Contradict is an especially valuable word to teach and one you can easily break down into morphemes contra - opposite, against dict - speak, say
This is why we can't have nice things... I came across the poster on a teacher’s Facebook page the other day—she has nearly 200,000 followers—and many teachers were eager to use it. Several educators gently warned, “Please don’t share or use this; it’s not backed by science.”…
What is your favorite word to teach? Mine is contract as it has high utility, has multiple meanings, and even the pronunciation can change depending on context. - contract an illness - contract a muscle - signing a contract
The importance of academic vocabulary is certainly shown here. This is just a snippet from the grade 5 New York State Science assessment. How can one access this short paragraph if you've never learned these words.
PaTTan just published thier 2025 virtual math conference sessions on YouTube. Lots of great information from fantastic math researchers including @MrZachG @pjr146 @rastokke @rscodding
Really great blog!! Important for intermediate teachers to know! @SWLiteracy
Why do so many older students struggle with reading—and what can we do about it? At the Sounds-Write Symposium, two compelling talks got us reflecting deeply on the hidden literacy challenges facing upper primary and secondary learners. In this blog, CEO and Sounds-Write…
Many students struggle in maths not because they can’t calculate, but because they don’t see what matters. Variation theory offers a research-informed method to guide attention where it matters. A thread inspired from a @BrunoReddyMaths & @rastokke podcast 🧵⬇️
Keys to rich vocabulary: “Converse with your child. Read together daily. Narrate your life. And don’t feel the need to shy away from complex language.” Yup! This little guy is well on his way! Good fork skills as well.
“Delicious pizza.” 🗣️ For his second birthday, this little guy celebrated in style. We don’t get to see his birthday presents, but this video (shared to IG by ekoonin), makes clear that his parents have spent two years giving him the gift of language. At age two, most…
Use this Readers Theater script to help introduce the importance of being Responsible, Respectful, and Safe to students. It can help with the implementation of PBIS. justtwoteachers.com/pbis/ @CenterOnPBIS @DrHowieKnoff @PBISApps
For those grade 5 teachers out there, please have a structure in place on the first day of school with regard to math fact fluency. You need to lessen cognitive load demands for your Ss when learning things like fractions.
I've been reviewing Canadian math curricula (standards) this week. Here's a BC grade 5 outcome titled "multiplication & division facts to 100." As if this all weren't bad enough, we have "memorization of facts is not intended at this level." Grade 5! Wish I could unsee this.
This is going to be the greatest morphology resource —keep tabs on it!
When working with morphology matrices, it is a good idea to share non examples. A non example for bene meaning good is beneath (be- around on all sides; neath-below, down). Ss might see the word beneath and believe it has something to do with being good.
When working with morphology matrices, it is a good idea to share non examples. A non example for bene meaning good is beneath (be- around on all sides; neath-below, down). Ss might see the word beneath and believe it has something to do with being good.
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