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Make the building blocks of words clear and visible with this Word Study Posters teacher resource. Designed to support explicit literacy instruction, this display helps students understand how words work by exploring sounds, spellings, and meaningful parts.

This teacher resource includes:

• Word Study poster introducing phonics and morphology
• Phoneme poster with a clear definition of the smallest unit of sound
• Grapheme poster explaining how letters represent sounds
• Digraph poster explaining two letters working together to make one sound
• Trigraph poster explaining three letters working together to make one sound
• Quadgraph poster explaining four letters working together to make one sound
• Consonant poster explaining speech sounds made by blocking or restricting airflow
• Vowel poster explaining speech sounds made with an open mouth
• Prefix poster defining word parts added to the beginning of words
• Root/Base Word poster explaining the core meaning of a word
• Suffix poster defining word parts added to the end of words

This collection introduces key phonics and morphology concepts through clear definitions and simple examples. Students can refer to the posters during reading, writing, and spelling activities to strengthen their understanding of phonemes, graphemes, prefixes, suffixes, and base words.

Perfect for supporting structured literacy and word study lessons, these posters help teachers make language visible and accessible while reinforcing key vocabulary used in literacy instruction.

Ideal for literacy walls, word study units, spelling lessons, and structured literacy classrooms, these posters provide a clear reference point for students as they learn to analyse, decode, and build words with confidence.

Format: PDF

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