Coach: A Structured Word Inquiry

Description

A structured word inquiry into the word coach. Is it the same word as a carriage kind of coach like a stagecoach?

• What language did this word come from? What’s the history? ETYMOLOGY
• Are there related words we’ll find by adding suffixes or creating a compound word? MORPHOLOGY
• How can we use these words in sentences? MEANING

Students will read, spell, and write with this word family. I’ve had more than a couple of students who struggled with spelling this word. Meaningful practice builds exposure and memory. Dyslexic students need this!

Read A Sweet Insight Brought by Coach blog post about this word family and a student’s question about it.

Structured Word Inquiry gives students a chance to dig into a word and its family of related words. The term, “structured word inquiry,” comes from a 2010 study by Dr. Peter Bowers and Dr. John Kirby to determine how fourth and fifth graders benefit from morphology-based vocabulary instruction.

Happy Coaching!